Job Stress and Satisfaction Among Clinical Radiologists

Graham, Jill; Ramirez, Amanda-Jane; Field, S.; Richards, M. A.

doi:10.1053/crad.1999.0379

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“…Hospital workers dealing with severely damaged physically handicapped patients are subject to more frequent and more intense personal distress than staff treating less seriously ill patients. In our study we found that medical staff on oncology is affected with more stressors (7 out of 9 including death of patients, facing the patient or his family with possible death, being overloaded with number of patients, facing pain, suffering and handicap, insufficiency of medications, insufficient positive feedback from the patients and bad interpersonal relations at work) and that they do not have support from the colleagues compared with medical staff on physical medicine department and these findings support the results of other studies that report about stress on oncology department 14,23,24 . There was no statistically significant difference in having a support from friends and family as well as being without support.…”

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Stress and ego-defense mechanisms in medical staff at oncology and physical medicine departments

2007

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-Background and Objectives: Work on the oncology department has proved to be very stressful, so the medical staff indirectly copes with it by trying to escape it through the ego-defense mechanisms. On the other hand, working on the physical medicine department does not seem to be so stressful. The objective of this study was to determine the main ego-defense mechanisms at oncology and physical medicine department and to explain the differences between their frequencies. The other part was to obtain data about socio-demographic status and working environment of the participants.Methods: General structural interview for collecting data on socio-demographic status and working environment and Life Style Questionnaire and Defense Mechanisms for obtaining data about ego-defense mechanisms were carried out among a random sample of 40 medical staff members at each department. Results: A significantly higher level (p ≤ .05) of the following ego-defense mechanisms has been found at the oncology department: regression, intellectualization, projection and dislocation. Also, statistically significant difference (p ≤ .05), showing higher score on oncology department is observed in following variables: death of patients, facing the patient or his family with possible death, being overloaded with number of patients, facing pain, suffering and handicap, insufficiency of medications, insufficient positive feedback from the patients and bad interpersonal relations at work as well as lack of support from the colleagues.Conclusions: Extreme exposure to stressful events at the oncology department favours development of inadequate defensive mechanisms among the medical staff, which may enhance the risk of burnout.

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Stress and ego-defense mechanisms in medical staff at oncology and physical medicine departments

2007

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“…4,5,11,16,32,34,35 One Similarly, job satisfaction was not significantly associated with morbidity, contrary to previous reports 11,32 in which job satisfaction was identified as having a protective effect against the negative consequences of work stress. This is difficult to explain.…”

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confidence: 58%

Prevalence and risk factors for psychiatric morbidity among tertiary hospital consultants in Nigeria

2006

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Objective. To determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among consultants in a tertiary health care institution in Ilorin, Nigeria, and the sociodemographic and work characteristics that may be associated with poor mental health.Method. This was a cross-sectional study involving use of the 30-item general health questionnaire (GHQ-30) and a questionnaire on sociodemographic/work-related factors. Data Source. Consultants in the employ of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. Data analysis. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 11.0 (SPSS 11.0). Frequency distribution, cross tabulation, and chi-square analysis were obtained, with level of significance set at 5%.Result. Fifty-four consultants responded satisfactorily to the questionnaires (response rate 69.2%); 10 (18.5%) scored 4 and above on the GHQ-30 (i.e GHQ-positive) and were therefore considered to have psychiatric morbidity. No socio demographic or work-related factors had any significant association with morbidity. Conclusion. Teaching hospital consultants are as likely as any other occupational group to develop psychological morbidity, possibly owing to the role of inherently dominant factors. Regular organisation of stress management workshops/seminars and hospital management-consultant interactive forums is advocated.

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“…In line with the present survey, another study showed that one of the most common sources of professional satisfaction was the appreciation shown by radiologists' supervisors and colleagues (14). In the study of Graham et al (15), one of the most important sources of job satisfaction was "being perceived to perform the duties properly by co-workers". Another study of job satisfaction level among 8 healthcare profession groups indicated that radiation workers were more satisfied in terms of supervision, co-workers, and the nature of the work (16).…”

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Job satisfaction and its relationship to Radiation Protection Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (RP-KAP) of Iranian radiation workers

Alavi

Dabbagh

Abbasi

et al. 2016

East Mediterr Health J

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This study aimed to find the association between job satisfaction and radiation protection knowledge, attitude and practice of medical radiation workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation. In this crosssectional study, 530 radiation workers affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences completed a knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire on protecting themselves against radiation and Job Descriptive Index as a job satisfaction measure during May to November 2014. Opportunities for promotion (84.2%) and payment (91.5%) were the most important factors for dissatisfaction. Radiation workers who were married, had more positive attitudes toward protecting themselves against radiation, and had higher level of education accounted for 15.8% of the total variance in predicting job satisfaction. In conclusion, medical radiation workers with a more positive attitude toward self-protection against radiation were more satisfied with their jobs. In radiation environments, improving staff attitudes toward their safety may be considered as a key strategy to increase job satisfaction. En conclusion, les travailleurs exposés aux rayonnements médicaux ayant une attitude plus positive vis-à-vis du fait de se protéger étaient plus satisfaits de leur travail. Dans des environnements à rayonnement, améliorer la disposition du personnel à se protéger peut être considéré comme une stratégie clé pour augmenter la satisfaction au travail. ‫هلا‬ ‫وبمامرستهم‬ ‫نحوها‬

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Job Stress and Satisfaction Among Clinical Radiologists

Cited by 80 publications

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Stress and ego-defense mechanisms in medical staff at oncology and physical medicine departments

Stress and ego-defense mechanisms in medical staff at oncology and physical medicine departments

Prevalence and risk factors for psychiatric morbidity among tertiary hospital consultants in Nigeria

Job satisfaction and its relationship to Radiation Protection Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (RP-KAP) of Iranian radiation workers

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