Table 2 Work characteristics and work environment of respondents
From: Job satisfaction among Syrian healthcare workers in refugee health centres
Characteristic | General physician (n = 259) | Specialist physician (n = 77) | Nurse/midwife (n = 555) | Total (n = 891) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Type of health centre | |||||||||
 RHTC | 23 | 8.9 | 11 | 14.3 | 42 | 7.6 | 76 | 8.5 | |
 RHC | 215 | 83.0 | 56 | 72.7 | 491 | 88.5 | 762 | 85.5 | |
 Extended RHC | 21 | 8.1 | 10 | 13.0 | 22 | 4.0 | 53 | 5.9 | |
Average number of patients/day | |||||||||
 < 21 | 3 | 1.2 | 3 | 3.9 | 68 | 12.3 | 74 | 8.3 | |
 21–40 | 40 | 15.4 | 18 | 23.4 | 256 | 46.1 | 314 | 35.2 | |
 41–60 | 95 | 36.7 | 26 | 33.8 | 153 | 27.6 | 274 | 30.8 | |
 ≥ 61 | 121 | 46.7 | 30 | 39.0 | 78 | 14.1 | 229 | 25.7 | |
Access to resources needed for work | |||||||||
 Yes | 196 | 75.7 | 49 | 63.6 | 489 | 88.1 | 734 | 82.4 | |
 No | 63 | 24.3 | 28 | 36.4 | 66 | 11.9 | 157 | 17.6 | |
Know how to use equipment/other materials | |||||||||
 Yes | 256 | 98.8 | 77 | 100.0 | 551 | 99.3 | 884 | 99.2 | |
 No | 3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.7 | 7 | 0.8 | |
Teamwork | |||||||||
 Poor | 11 | 4.2 | 2 | 2.6 | 8 | 1.4 | 21 | 2.4 | |
 Average | 34 | 13.1 | 7 | 9.1 | 43 | 7.7 | 84 | 9.4 | |
 Good | 214 | 82.6 | 68 | 88.3 | 504 | 90.8 | 786 | 88.2 | |
Team management | |||||||||
 Poor | 34 | 13.1 | 8 | 10.4 | 27 | 4.9 | 69 | 7.7 | |
 Average | 49 | 18.9 | 15 | 19.5 | 66 | 11.9 | 130 | 14.6 | |
 Good | 176 | 68.0 | 54 | 70.1 | 462 | 83.2 | 692 | 77.7 | |
Income | |||||||||
 Poor | 118 | 45.6 | 23 | 29.9 | 73 | 13.2 | 214 | 24.0 | |
 Average | 111 | 42.9 | 43 | 55.8 | 257 | 46.3 | 411 | 46.1 | |
 Good | 30 | 11.6 | 11 | 14.3 | 225 | 40.5 | 266 | 29.9 | |