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Table 3 Assessment on the factors related to job satisfaction of medical staff in pilot county hospitals

From: What is the job satisfaction and active participation of medical staff in public hospital reform: a study in Hubei province of China

Sociodemographic characteristics, working situation, and satisfaction on work-related factors

Job satisfaction of medical staff in pilot county hospitals (n= 1531)

χ 2

P

Very satisfied

Satisfied

Moderate

Dissatisfied

Very dissatisfied

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

            

 Male

44

7.97

210

38.04

196

35.51

88

15.94

14

2.54

  

 Female

92

9.40

354

36.16

369

37.69

151

15.42

13

1.33

4.588

0.332

Age

            

 24 and below

14

9.33

48

32.00

65

43.33

21

14.00

2

1.33

  

 25–34

45

8.54

169

32.07

216

40.99

84

15.94

13

2.47

  

 35–44

40

7.16

211

37.75

207

37.03

93

16.64

8

1.43

  

 45–54

30

11.19

123

45.90

75

27.99

37

13.81

3

1.12

  

 55 and above

7

25.93

13

48.15

2

7.41

4

14.81

1

3.70

44.291

<0.001

Educational background

            

 Technical secondary school and below

32

17.02

64

34.04

61

32.45

28

14.89

3

1.60

  

 Junior college

49

8.96

210

38.39

209

38.21

75

13.71

4

0.73

  

 Bachelor’s degree

54

7.33

278

37.72

265

35.96

122

16.55

18

2.44

  

 Master’s degree or above

1

1.69

12

20.34

30

50.85

14

23.73

2

3.39

39.668

<0.001

Position

            

 Doctor

40

6.68

208

34.72

215

35.89

116

19.37

20

3.34

  

 Nurse

58

8.77

242

36.61

257

38.88

98

14.83

6

0.91

  

 Medical technician

38

14.02

114

42.07

93

34.32

25

9.23

1

0.37

42.361

<0.001

Professional title

            

 No title

3

12.50

7

29.17

12

50.00

2

8.33

0

0.00

  

 Junior title

40

7.80

159

30.99

216

42.11

86

16.76

12

2.34

  

 Middle title

68

9.33

288

39.51

256

35.12

107

14.68

10

1.37

  

 Senior title

25

9.43

110

41.51

81

30.57

44

16.60

5

1.89

21.666

0.041

Years in professional working experience

            

 1–5 years

26

9.03

81

28.13

123

42.71

52

18.06

6

2.08

  

 6–10 years

17

7.94

64

29.91

91

42.52

35

16.36

7

3.27

  

 11–15 years

13

5.73

93

40.97

89

39.21

30

13.22

2

0.88

  

 16–20 years

27

8.79

111

36.16

113

36.81

50

16.29

6

1.95

  

 20 years and above

53

10.71

215

43.43

149

30.10

72

14.55

6

1.21

38.586

0.001

City

            

 Wuhan city

17

7.73

87

39.55

81

36.82

33

15.00

2

0.91

  

 Jingzhou city

12

5.50

82

37.61

84

38.53

37

16.97

3

1.38

  

 Yichang city

20

9.30

78

36.28

73

33.95

40

18.60

4

1.86

  

 Xiangyang city

22

10.00

72

32.73

89

40.45

29

13.18

8

3.64

  

 Shiyan city

23

10.50

77

35.16

78

35.62

34

15.53

7

3.20

  

 Suizhou city

16

7.31

78

35.62

86

39.27

38

17.35

1

0.46

  

 Jingmen city

26

11.82

90

40.91

74

33.64

28

12.73

2

0.91

27.146

0.298

The number of hours spent at work everyday

            

 8 h and below

97

13.16

308

41.79

260

35.28

66

8.96

6

0.81

  

 9 h

26

6.39

148

36.36

155

38.08

74

18.18

4

0.98

  

 10 h

9

4.11

65

29.68

84

38.36

56

25.57

5

2.28

  

 11 h

1

2.17

13

28.26

23

50.00

7

15.22

2

4.35

  

 12 h

1

2.70

8

21.62

17

45.95

9

24.32

2

5.41

  

 12 h and above

2

2.35

22

25.88

26

30.59

27

31.76

8

9.41

141.127

<0.001

The degree of work stress

            

 No pressure

14

45.16

10

32.26

5

16.13

2

6.45

0

0.00

  

 Slight pressure

56

13.63

194

47.20

129

31.39

27

6.57

5

1.22

  

 Moderate pressure

29

12.03

91

37.76

96

39.83

25

10.37

0

0.00

  

 Considerable pressure

34

4.99

225

32.99

287

42.08

126

18.48

10

1.47

  

 Extreme pressure

3

1.81

44

26.51

48

28.92

59

35.54

12

7.23

222.417

<0.001

Satisfaction on performance appraisal system

            

 Very satisfied

22

64.71

4

11.76

6

17.65

1

2.94

1

2.94

  

 Satisfied

80

16.84

257

54.11

107

22.53

30

6.32

1

0.21

  

 Moderate

28

3.57

258

32.91

364

46.43

126

16.07

8

1.02

  

 Dissatisfied

5

2.54

42

21.32

74

37.56

67

34.01

9

4.57

  

 Very dissatisfied

1

2.44

3

7.32

14

34.15

15

36.59

8

19.51

483.816

<0.001

Satisfaction on concern showed by leaders

            

 Very satisfied

35

46.05

30

39.47

9

11.84

2

2.63

0

0.00

  

 Satisfied

79

15.28

258

49.90

132

25.53

47

9.09

1

0.19

  

 Moderate

19

2.45

132

17.03

363

46.84

135

17.42

12

1.55

  

 Dissatisfied

2

1.50

47

35.34

56

42.11

42

31.58

8

6.02

  

 Very dissatisfied

1

3.33

1

3.33

5

16.67

13

43.33

6

20.00

427.387

<0.001

Satisfaction on hospital management

            

 Very satisfied

38

49.35

30

38.96

9

11.69

0

0.00

0

0.00

  

 Satisfied

79

12.99

311

51.15

165

27.14

50

8.22

3

0.49

  

 Moderate

17

2.28

204

27.35

364

48.79

148

19.84

13

1.74

  

 Dissatisfied

1

1.20

18

21.69

25

30.12

31

37.35

8

9.64

  

 Very dissatisfied

1

5.88

1

5.88

2

11.76

10

58.82

3

17.65

466.78

<0.001

Satisfaction on compensation packages

            

 Very satisfied

11

55.00

7

35.00

1

5.00

0

0.00

1

5.00

  

 Satisfied

60

22.73

139

52.65

57

21.59

8

3.03

0

0.00

  

 Moderate

39

5.53

286

40.57

294

41.70

81

11.49

5

0.71

  

 Dissatisfied

24

5.22

123

26.74

186

40.43

116

25.22

11

2.39

  

 Very dissatisfied

2

2.44

9

10.98

27

32.93

34

41.46

10

12.20

363.14

<0.001

Satisfaction on learning and training opportunities

            

 Very satisfied

11

32.35

11

32.35

10

29.41

1

2.94

1

2.94

  

 Satisfied

42

17.07

114

46.34

69

28.05

20

8.13

1

0.41

  

 Moderate

48

9.14

218

41.52

178

33.90

76

14.48

5

0.95

  

 Dissatisfied

22

4.57

147

30.56

204

42.41

94

19.54

14

2.91

  

 Very dissatisfied

13

5.31

74

30.20

104

42.45

48

19.59

6

2.45

112.753

<0.001