Table 3.

Mean scores (95% CI) of practice staff for each of the 10 items on the Warr–Cook–Wall job satisfaction scale^*

WCW items	Physician (n=676)	Physician colleagues (n=305)	Non-physician staff (n=3011)	p Value†
1. Amount of variety in job	5.70 (5.60–5.79)	5.59 (5.46–5.73)	5.93 (5.89–5.97)	<0.001¶
2. Opportunity to use abilities	5.36 (5.24–5.47)	5.52 (5.38–5.67)	5.82 (5.77–5.86)	<0.001‡
3. Freedom of working method	5.67 (5.56–5.78)	5.70 (5.56–5.84)	5.82 (5.77–5.86)	0.012§
4. Amount of responsibility	5.62 (5.52–5.73)	5.74 (5.61–5.87)	5.92 (5.87–5.96)	<0.001¶
5. Physical working condition	5.16 (5.04–5.27)	5.40 (5.26–5.55)	5.62 (5.57–5.67)	<0.001‡
6. Hours of work	4.38 (4.26–4.51)	4.82 (4.64–5.00)	5.73 (5.68–5.78)	<0.001‡
7. Income	4.36 (4.23–4.48)	4.66 (4.49–4.83)	4.77 (4.71–4.83)	<0.001‡
8. Recognition for work	5.57 (5.48–5.67)	5.57 (5.44–5.71)	5.42 (5.37–5.48)	0.015§
9. Colleagues and fellow workers	5.98 (5.90–6.06)	5.97 (5.86–6.07)	6.17 (6.14–6.21)	<0.001¶
10. Overall job satisfaction	5.55 (5.46–5.63)	5.58 (5.47–5.70)	5.94 (5.90–5.98)	<0.001¶

^*Possible score for each item between 1 (extremely dissatisfied) and 7 (extremely satisfied).

^†ANOVA including post hoc False Discovery Rate.

Statistical significances ‡between all three groups; §between physician and non-physician staff; ¶between physician/physician colleagues and non-physician staff.