Job satisfaction and psychological health of doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital

Ofili, AN; Asuzu, MC; Isah, EC; Ogbeide, OU

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“…6 Likewise the same is seen in a study among physicians in Egypt in which overall job satisfaction was found to be 42.9%. 23 In contrast, the study carried out among Nigerian ophthalmologists showed an overall job satisfaction level of 78.5% which is higher than was seen in this research.…”

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“…5 Another study revealed Nigerian doctors to have high rates of dissatisfaction with their job compared to their European and North American counterparts, the reasons for which were not altogether obvious. 6 Several findings have been reported in literature on health care and nursing. Simpson noted that all levels of nurses reported some dissatisfaction at work.…”

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Job satisfaction among doctors and nurses: a case study of federal medical centre Yola, Nigeria

Martins

Dahiru

Danburam

et al. 2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONJob satisfaction refers to how well a job provides fulfillment of a need or want or how well it serves as a source or means of enjoyment.1 In recent times the African continent has faced serious human resource shortages, which has resulted in the inability of many countries to initiate and sustain credible health services. 2Nigeria has too few doctors and nurses along poor health indicators when compared to other countries. It is a country which produces more trained health personnel than its health system uses effectively. This trained health care staffs are known to continuously migrate out of the country to more developed countries.Nigeria has been estimated to have 39,210 registered doctors, but one wonders how many of these doctors are still practicing in the country. The quality of performance of any health institution largely depends on an available human resource mix. 4 This is in regards to if the health care providers are job satisfied or not. ABSTRACTBackground: The quality of performance in the health sector to a large extent depends on whether health care providers are job satisfied or dissatisfied. The prevalence of dissatisfaction among doctors and nurses has not been given considerable attention in Nigeria though it affects patient satisfaction and is associated with reduced quality of care. This study assessed the level and factors determining job satisfaction among doctors and nurses in a federal tertiary institution. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted involving 58 doctors and 182 nurses. Data was collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire designed with a 5 point Lickert scale that determined various levels and factors of job satisfaction that relate to 4 domains: the hospital management, hospital facilities, health care providers and pay and benefits. Scores were added to give an aggregate score for each domain and overall. Independent t-test was used to test for statistical significance in satisfaction levels between doctors and nurses. A p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Overall 57.5% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied, 18.9% neutral and 23.5% dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with all work domains. Doctors were significantly more satisfied than nurse with the hospital facilities; t=2.007, p= 0.046, while nurses were significantly more satisfied with their pay and benefits; t=-3.20, p =0.002. Conclusion: Most respondent in this study were satisfied with their jobs with minority satisfied with their remuneration. There is therefore a need to address the issue of improved remuneration for doctors and nurses.

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Job satisfaction among doctors and nurses: a case study of federal medical centre Yola, Nigeria

Martins

Dahiru

Danburam

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Those who have kept on working may have adapted better to the job stress. In the review of previous studies, the prevalence of psychological morbidity in nurses was about 18 to 48.8% 12,[29][30][31][32] ; only one report, from Nigeria, showed lower psychological morbidity rates than our nurse group. The higher morbidity rates among nurses reported in other surveys 13,15,29) may be due to specific work situations or due to different methodology in cutoff points of the GHQ.…”

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Psychological Morbidity, Quality of Life and their Correlations among Military Health Care Workers in Taiwan

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“…The role of occupation in the dynamics of health and diseases has long been recognized [1][2][3][4] and workers who reported satisfaction with their work have been found to be healthier than those who were not satisfied [5,6].…”

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Psychological Disorders and Its Relationship with Job Dis-satisfaction among Correctional Officers

Oa¹,

Onifade²,

Ogunwale³

2017

Clinical Psychiatry

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Job satisfaction and psychological health of doctors at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital

Abstract: This study showed a high rate of job dissatisfaction among Nigerian doctors compared to their European and North American counterparts. The reason for this is not altogether obvious. Further research is needed to determine the causes of job dissatisfaction amongst Nigerian doctors.

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Job satisfaction among doctors and nurses: a case study of federal medical centre Yola, Nigeria

Job satisfaction among doctors and nurses: a case study of federal medical centre Yola, Nigeria

Psychological Morbidity, Quality of Life and their Correlations among Military Health Care Workers in Taiwan

Psychological Disorders and Its Relationship with Job Dis-satisfaction among Correctional Officers

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