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Table 5 Associations of individual characteristics, different aspects of job satisfaction and challenging medical condition and characteristics of patients on the outcome variable overall job satisfaction (results of linear regression analysis, under specification of standardized beta coefficient, α = 5%)

From: Difficult medical encounters and job satisfaction - results of a cross sectional study with general practitioners in Germany

 

Variables

β

p-value

Characteristic of participants

Age

0.097

0.023

Gender

0.046

0.128

Employment as GP

−0.091

0.033

Aspects of job satisfaction

Physical working condition

0.367

< 0.001

Freedom of working method

0.096

0.003

Colleagues and fellow workers

0.078

0.007

Recognition for work

0.051

0.078

Amount of responsibility

0.240

< 0.001

Income

0.052

0.072

Opportunity to use abilities

0.244

< 0.001

Hours of work

0.108

0.003

Amount of variety in job

0.061

0.033

Challenging medical conditions of patients

Heart failure

0.017

0.675

Diabetes type 2

−0.032

0.399

Chronic renal failure

0.034

0.383

Anxiety disorder

−0.035

0.305

Challenging traits of patients

Anxious

−0.008

0.818

Unfriendly

−0.010

0.751

Obsessive-compulsive personality

−0.031

0.343

Person with a lot of questions

−0.034

0.278

R2

 

0.714

 
  1. GP general practitioner