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. 2022 Jun 23;134(13-14):516–521. doi: 10.1007/s00508-022-02050-x

Table 3.

Associations between workload and aspects of job satisfaction

Average working time/week Average number of patients/week
Spearman Rho (n) p-value Spearman Rho (n) p-value
Aspects of job satisfaction
Overall job satisfaction −0.127 (372) 0.014 −0.226 (363) 0.000
Satisfaction with personal work-life balance −0.283 (374) 0.000 −0.159 (365) 0.002
Satisfaction with time for patient consultation −0.195 (370) 0.000 −0.431 (361) 0.000
Satisfaction with proportion of administrative work −0.227 (372) 0.000 −0.093 (363) 0.087
Satisfaction with proportion of non-medical work −0.212 (371) 0.000 −0.055 (362) 0.143
Satisfaction with income 0.067 (366) 0.201 −0.099 (357) 0.061
Satisfaction with economic pressure −0.043 (353) 0.421 −0.042 (347) 0.435
Satisfaction with further and continuing education −0.103 (371) 0.048 −0.052 (362) 0.320
Satisfaction with working alone −0.084 (359) 0.111 −0.77 (353) 0.150
Satisfaction with exchange of knowledge with colleagues −0.082 (371) 0.116 −0.275 (362) 0.000

Significant p-values are written in bold