Table 3.
Job-related factors of respondents, n (%).
| Variables | Physicians n = 19,430 |
Nurses n = 24,215 |
Total n = 43,645 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional title | |||
| Junior | 6158(31.69) | 16,861(69.63) | 23,019(52.74) |
| Middle | 6946(33.75) | 6294(25.99) | 13,240(30.34) |
| Associate senior | 3949(20.32) | 943(3.89) | 4892(11.21) |
| Senior | 2377(12.23) | 117(0.48) | 2494(5.71) |
| Working years 1 | |||
| <4 years | 5416(27.87) | 6207(25.63) | 11,623(26.63) |
| 4–7 years | 4480(23.06) | 6605(27.28) | 11,085(25.40) |
| 8–15 years | 4586(23.60) | 5822(24.04) | 10,408(23.85) |
| >15 years | 4948(25.47) | 5581(23.05) | 10,529(24.12) |
| Average monthly income | |||
| <5000 RMB | 3643(18.75) | 7432(30.69) | 11,075(25.38) |
| 5000–9999 RMB | 9388(48.32) | 13,745(56.76) | 23,133(53.00) |
| 10,000–20,000 RMB | 4985(25.66) | 2514(10.38) | 7499(17.18) |
| >20,000 RMB | 1414(7.28) | 524(2.16) | 1938(4.44) |
| Average work hours per day 2 | |||
| <8 h | 5930(30.52) | 16,162(66.74) | 22,092(50.62) |
| 8–10 h | 8790(45.24) | 6842(28.26) | 15,632(35.82) |
| >10 h | 4710(24.24) | 1211(5.00) | 5921(13.57) |
| Night shift frequency | |||
| 0–4 times per month | 11,299(58.15) | 14,879(61.45) | 26,178(59.98) |
| >4 times per month | 8131(41.85) | 9336(38.55) | 17,467(40.02) |
| Department | |||
| Internal medicine | 5441(28.00) | 6557(27.08) | 11,998(27.49) |
| Surgery | 5554(28.58) | 7516(31.04) | 13,070(29.95) |
| Pediatrics | 1822(9.38) | 2369(9.78) | 4191(9.60) |
| Emergency | 806(4.15) | 1874(7.74) | 2680(6.14) |
| Medical technique | 1595(8.21) | 1098(4.53) | 2693(6.17) |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 2847(14.65) | 3650(15.07) | 6497(14.89) |
| Other departments | 1365(7.03) | 1151(4.75) | 2516(5.76) |
| Hospital type | |||
| General | 8526(43.88) | 10,915(45.08) | 19,441(44.54) |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine | 4319(22.23) | 5235(21.62) | 9554(21.89) |
| Other special types | 6585(33.89) | 8065(33.31) | 14,650(33.57) |
| Location | |||
| East | 8358(43.02) | 10,268(42.40) | 18,626(42.68) |
| Middle | 4553(23.43) | 5282(21.81) | 9835(22.53) |
| West | 6519(33.55) | 8665(35.78) | 15,184(34.79) |
| The society respects the career as medical staff, mean (SD) | 2.48(1.29) | 3.37(1.22) | 2.97(1.33) |
| The patients respect physicians and nurses, mean (SD) | 3.02(1.12) | 3.26(1.10) | 3.19(1.12) |
| Recent doctor-patient relationship is getting better, mean (SD) | 2.92(1.27) | 3.54(1.17) | 3.26(1.25) |
1 The median (IQR) of work years is 7(11). 2 The median (IQR) of work hours is 8(2).