title: Quality of life of Chinese urologists: a cross-sectional study using WHOQOL-BREF.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In recent years, Chinese hospital settings are under violent threats. The exact status of quality of life of Chinese doctors under these disastrous situations remains obscure. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of Chinese urologists and analyse its potential affecting factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Beijing, China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Overall, 1000 participants from more than 30 areas of China, who participated in the 20th National Urology Conference in Beijing in 2013, were surveyed. The brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) Chinese version was used to assess the quality of life among these urologists. The relationship between quality of life and the affecting factors was analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1000 questionnaires, 856 were completed and returned, and 708 questionnaires were valid for analysis. Approximately 46% of the respondents came from provincial capitals, 54.2% of them felt stress from medical environment, while 76.0% felt stress from research work, and 85.3% from promotion. Cronbach's α coefficient of the instrument was 0.825, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure was 0.841, and P value of Bartlett's sphericity was <0.001. The results of binary logistic regression indicated gender, work years, and medical environment as potential affecting factors of quality of life only influenced one domain. In contrast, research work and promotion influenced three domains of the WHOQOL-BREF.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study indicated that the WHOQOL-BREF may be a reliable and valid tool to assess quality of life of Chinese urologists. In China it is true that the deteriorative medical environment negatively affects medical practice according to previous studies, and policies are recommended to improve the situation. Nevertheless, we should not be too pessimistic about it, as in today's context research work and promotion may be the most extensive and significant affecting factors on doctors' quality of life.
authors: Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.|Department of Urology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, The Teaching Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China.
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authors: Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
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authors: Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
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mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002322:Career Mobility; D002681:China; D015510:Clinical Medicine; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014572:Urology
keywords: Quality of life; Urology; World Health Organization