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. 2021 Jun 8;9:572311. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.572311

Table 3.

Workload and satisfaction with current CHS among the general medical practitioners who had been involved in the CS.

Doctors Nurses Others p Overall
Additional worktime due to CS n % n % n % 0.686 n %
Large >1 h/day 38 42.70 50 42.74 30 37.97 119 41.61
Moderate (<1 h/day) 43 48.31 56 47.86 37 46.84 136 47.55
None 6 6.74 7 5.98 9 11.39 22 7.69
Work pressure assessment
Heavy 30 33.71 41 35.04 13 16.46 <0.001 84 29.37b
Moderate 32 35.96 62 52.99 41 51.90 135 47.20
Light 27 30.34 13 11.11 25 31.65 65 22.73
Feeling of fatigue
Heavy 31 34.83 28 23.93 11 13.92 0.002 70 24.48a
Moderate 32 35.96 68 58.12 43 54.43 143 50.00
Light 26 29.21 21 17.94 25 31.65 72 24.55
Satisfaction with working environment
Very satisfied 9 10.11 16 13.68 13 16.46 0.134 38 13.29
Satisfied 53 59.55 65 55.56 50 63.29 169 59.09
Neutral 23 25.84 30 25.64 12 15.19 65 22.73
Unsatisfied/very unsatisfied 2 2.25 6 5.12 2 2.53 10 3.50
Satisfaction with patient–physician relationship
Very satisfied 10 11.24 15 12.82 18 22.78 0.015 43 15.03b
Satisfied 52 58.43 77 65.81 50 63.29 179 62.59
Neutral 24 26.97 19 16.24 8 10.13 52 18.18
Unsatisfied/very unsatisfied 3 3.37 6 5.12 0 0 9 3.15
Satisfaction with CS
Very satisfied 13 14.61 17 14.53 15 18.99 0.077 45 15.73
Satisfied 45 50.56 65 55.56 52 65.82 162 56.64
Neutral 27 30.34 28 23.93 12 15.19 68 23.78
Unsatisfied/very unsatisfied 3 3.37 7 5.98 0 0 10 3.50
Willingness to change job
Yes 46 51.69 46 39.32 32 40.51 0.134 125 43.71
No 42 47.19 69 58.97 46 58.23 157 54.90
Would you like your child to be a family doctor?*
Yes 33 37.08 45 38.46 52 65.82 <0.001 130 45.45a
No 55 61.80 67 57.26 23 29.11 146 51.05

CS, contracted service.

*

For participants who had no child, or their child is under 18 years old.

a

p < 0.01.

b

p < 0.05.