title: Differences in well-being between GPs, medical specialists, and private physicians: the role of psychosocial factors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the well-being differences among physicians working in different health care sectors and to test whether psychosocial stressors account for these differences. The well-being indicators used were psychological distress, self-rated health, and work ability.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 2,841 randomly selected Finnish physicians (response rate 57 percent) returned the postal questionnaire, of which 2,047 (1,241 women) fulfilled all the participant criteria.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cross-sectional questionnaire study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  General practitioners and medical specialists experienced lower well-being than private physicians and this difference was partly explained by differences in psychosocial stressors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  General practitioners and medical specialists report more problems in well-being than private physicians. It is of particular importance to be aware of the sector-specific difficulties in work environments.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Service System Research Unit, Helsinki, Finland. hannamaria.kuusio@thl.fi
authors.forename: Hannamaria
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuusio
authors.forename: Tarja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heponiemi
authors.forename: Anna-Mari
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Aalto
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sinervo
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elovainio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011331:Private Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011584:Psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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