Job satisfaction of doctors working at Upazila Health Complexes in Barisal District.

Abstract

Doctor's profession has long been among one of the most attractive professions in our society, but doctors are increasingly getting dissatisfied with their jobs. Job satisfaction is very important but very less studied issue. The aim of this study to assess the level of job satisfaction among doctors at selected Upazila Health Complexes in Barisal District. A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 59 doctors posted in 9 Upazila Health Complexes of Barisal district. Data was collected by using structured questionnaire consisting of 54 questions and JSS (Job Satisfaction Survey) scale, where higher values indicated higher level of satisfaction. The average scores of items were computed to construct factor scores for each individual. The total number of doctors included in this study was 59.78% were male. Majority (66.1%) had age ranged 25-35 years. Majority (86.4%) of doctors was married and almost 80% were Muslim. Most of the respondents (64.4%) had clinical experience of 0 to 5 years. The result displayed that 57.6% of doctors were dissatisfied, 27.1% were satisfied and 15.3% were ambivalent. Majority of the respondents were dissatisfied with salary, promotional scope allowances, night duty, working hours, accommodation facility and transport facility. Job satisfaction among doctors in this study was low. Responsible authority should take necessary action to improve job satisfaction.

Factors Influencing Physicians' Clinical Decision-making at Upazila Health Complexes in Bangladesh

“…Observations indicate that a lack of job satisfaction among physicians and low retention of qualified workforce are among the top contributing factors to the poor quality of services. Rashid et al [41] found that the level of job satisfaction among physicians at the UHCs is very low. They identified multiple factors that contribute to this dissatisfaction, which include low salary, limited scope for promotion, poor service allowances, mandatory night shift duty, long working hours, and lack of accommodation and transportation facility.…”

“…Regarding the quality of healthcare services at UHCs, most of the previous studies looked at access to healthcare, [43,44] patients' satisfaction, [31] physicians' job satisfaction, [41] and retention of the healthcare workforce. [45] Although it is well established that good patient outcomes are strongly correlated with physicians' good clinical judgment, little is known about physicians' decision-making and influencing factors in the context of Bangladesh.…”