title: Quality of life of young clinical doctors in public hospitals in China's developed cities as measured by the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In contemporary Chinese society, obstacles such as frequent violence against medical workers and tense doctor-patient relationships affect the health of Chinese doctors. This study attempted to explore the quality of life (QOL) of young clinical doctors in public hospitals in China's developed cities to study the psychometric properties of QOL and related risk factors of doctors' health.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study sampled young doctors aged 15-45 in 18 public hospitals of three cities in East China (Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, N = 762). The Nottingham Health Profile was used to measure QOL, the dependent variable of this study. Methodologies such as reliability analysis, mean comparison, and exploratory factor analysis were used to study related psychometric properties.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost 90 % of young Chinese clinical doctors have a bachelor's degree or above. Approximately 70.4 % of the doctors have relatively low job titles. Among the sample, 76.1 % have a monthly income ranging from USD 326 to USD 1139, and 91.3 % work over eight hours daily. These respondents have poor sleeping habits and mental functions, but have relatively good physical functions. Being female, low education, low job title, low salary, and long work hours are factors associated with doctors' poor QOL. Regression analysis results emphasize the great effect of high education on the improvement of QOL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Young clinical doctors in public hospitals in Chinese developed cities have poor QOL. Reforms on the current medical health system, improving the working environment of doctors and relieve their occupational stress should be required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work and Social Policy, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. njulucy66@163.com.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: School of Fine Arts, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. 553143483@qq.com.
authors.forename: Hanwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Cultural Industries of Nanjing Art Institute, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. njartitaoxj@163.com.
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017132:Workplace / Q000592:standards