Job stress among general practitioners and nurses in primary care in England.
This is a description comparing job stress, job satisfaction, and mental well-being of general practitioners (n = 205) and practice nurses (n = 119) in England, based on responses to a questionnaire. General practitioners reported lower job satisfaction and significantly greater pressure at work than did the practice nurses. Also, male general practitioners had significantly higher scores on anxiety and depression than a British normative population. Practice nurses, on the other hand, reported lower scores on anxiety and depression. The results should be interpreted with caution as the study is based on a small sample limited to the northwest region only; however, it does provide information which has important implications for the well-being of doctors and nurses in primary care.
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Manchester Metropolitan University, Department of Psychology and Speech Pathology, UK. u.rout@mmu.ac.uk
D000328:Adult; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires