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Higher Work-Privacy Conflict and Lower Job Satisfaction in GP Leaders and Practice Assistants Working Full-Time Compared to Part-Time: Results of the IMPROVEjob Study

Background: Work-privacy conflict (WPC) has become an important issue for medical professionals. The cluster-randomized controlled IMPROVEjob study aimed at improving job satisfaction (primary outcome), with additional outcomes such as examining the work-privacy conflict in German general practice p...

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Autores principales: Göbel, Julian, Schmidt, Manuela, Seifried-Dübon, Tanja, Linden, Karen, Degen, Lukas, Rind, Esther, Eilerts, Anna-Lisa, Pieper, Claudia, Grot, Matthias, Werners, Brigitte, Schröder, Verena, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Rieger, Monika A., Weltermann, Birgitta M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270317
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052618
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author Göbel, Julian
Schmidt, Manuela
Seifried-Dübon, Tanja
Linden, Karen
Degen, Lukas
Rind, Esther
Eilerts, Anna-Lisa
Pieper, Claudia
Grot, Matthias
Werners, Brigitte
Schröder, Verena
Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
Rieger, Monika A.
Weltermann, Birgitta M.
author_facet Göbel, Julian
Schmidt, Manuela
Seifried-Dübon, Tanja
Linden, Karen
Degen, Lukas
Rind, Esther
Eilerts, Anna-Lisa
Pieper, Claudia
Grot, Matthias
Werners, Brigitte
Schröder, Verena
Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
Rieger, Monika A.
Weltermann, Birgitta M.
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description Background: Work-privacy conflict (WPC) has become an important issue for medical professionals. The cluster-randomized controlled IMPROVEjob study aimed at improving job satisfaction (primary outcome), with additional outcomes such as examining the work-privacy conflict in German general practice personnel. Using baseline data of this study, the relationship between work-privacy conflict and job satisfaction (JS) was analyzed. In addition, factors associated with higher WPC were identified. Methods: At baseline, 366 participants (general practitioners (GPs) in leadership positions, employed general practitioners, and practice assistants) from 60 German practices completed a questionnaire addressing socio-demographic data and job characteristics. Standardized scales from the German version of the COPSOQ III requested data concerning job satisfaction and work-privacy conflict. Both scores range from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). Multilevel analysis accounted for the clustered data. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS and RStudio software, with a significance level set at p < 0.05. Results: Job satisfaction was 77.16 (mean value; SD = 14.30) among GPs in leadership positions (n = 84), 79.61 (SD = 12.85) in employed GPs (n = 28), and 72.58 (SD = 14.42) in practice assistants (n = 254). Mean values for the WPC-scale were higher for professionals with more responsibilities: GPs in leadership positions scored highest with 64.03 (SD = 29.96), followed by employed physicians (M = 45.54, SD =30.28), and practice assistants (M = 32.67, SD = 27.41). General practitioners and practice assistants working full-time reported significantly higher work-privacy conflict than those working part-time (p < 0.05). In a multilevel analysis, work-privacy conflict was significantly associated with job satisfaction (p < 0.001). A multiple regression analysis identified working hours, as well as and being a practice owner or an employed physician as factors significantly influencing WPC. Discussion: WPC was high among general practice leaders and practice personnel working full-time. Future interventions to support practice personnel should focus on reducing WPC, as there is good evidence of its effects on job satisfaction.
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spelling pubmed-89101192022-03-11 Higher Work-Privacy Conflict and Lower Job Satisfaction in GP Leaders and Practice Assistants Working Full-Time Compared to Part-Time: Results of the IMPROVEjob Study Göbel, Julian Schmidt, Manuela Seifried-Dübon, Tanja Linden, Karen Degen, Lukas Rind, Esther Eilerts, Anna-Lisa Pieper, Claudia Grot, Matthias Werners, Brigitte Schröder, Verena Jöckel, Karl-Heinz Rieger, Monika A. Weltermann, Birgitta M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Work-privacy conflict (WPC) has become an important issue for medical professionals. The cluster-randomized controlled IMPROVEjob study aimed at improving job satisfaction (primary outcome), with additional outcomes such as examining the work-privacy conflict in German general practice personnel. Using baseline data of this study, the relationship between work-privacy conflict and job satisfaction (JS) was analyzed. In addition, factors associated with higher WPC were identified. Methods: At baseline, 366 participants (general practitioners (GPs) in leadership positions, employed general practitioners, and practice assistants) from 60 German practices completed a questionnaire addressing socio-demographic data and job characteristics. Standardized scales from the German version of the COPSOQ III requested data concerning job satisfaction and work-privacy conflict. Both scores range from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest). Multilevel analysis accounted for the clustered data. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS and RStudio software, with a significance level set at p < 0.05. Results: Job satisfaction was 77.16 (mean value; SD = 14.30) among GPs in leadership positions (n = 84), 79.61 (SD = 12.85) in employed GPs (n = 28), and 72.58 (SD = 14.42) in practice assistants (n = 254). Mean values for the WPC-scale were higher for professionals with more responsibilities: GPs in leadership positions scored highest with 64.03 (SD = 29.96), followed by employed physicians (M = 45.54, SD =30.28), and practice assistants (M = 32.67, SD = 27.41). General practitioners and practice assistants working full-time reported significantly higher work-privacy conflict than those working part-time (p < 0.05). In a multilevel analysis, work-privacy conflict was significantly associated with job satisfaction (p < 0.001). A multiple regression analysis identified working hours, as well as and being a practice owner or an employed physician as factors significantly influencing WPC. Discussion: WPC was high among general practice leaders and practice personnel working full-time. Future interventions to support practice personnel should focus on reducing WPC, as there is good evidence of its effects on job satisfaction. MDPI 2022-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8910119/ /pubmed/35270317 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052618 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Göbel, Julian
Schmidt, Manuela
Seifried-Dübon, Tanja
Linden, Karen
Degen, Lukas
Rind, Esther
Eilerts, Anna-Lisa
Pieper, Claudia
Grot, Matthias
Werners, Brigitte
Schröder, Verena
Jöckel, Karl-Heinz
Rieger, Monika A.
Weltermann, Birgitta M.
Higher Work-Privacy Conflict and Lower Job Satisfaction in GP Leaders and Practice Assistants Working Full-Time Compared to Part-Time: Results of the IMPROVEjob Study
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title_full Higher Work-Privacy Conflict and Lower Job Satisfaction in GP Leaders and Practice Assistants Working Full-Time Compared to Part-Time: Results of the IMPROVEjob Study
title_fullStr Higher Work-Privacy Conflict and Lower Job Satisfaction in GP Leaders and Practice Assistants Working Full-Time Compared to Part-Time: Results of the IMPROVEjob Study
title_full_unstemmed Higher Work-Privacy Conflict and Lower Job Satisfaction in GP Leaders and Practice Assistants Working Full-Time Compared to Part-Time: Results of the IMPROVEjob Study
title_short Higher Work-Privacy Conflict and Lower Job Satisfaction in GP Leaders and Practice Assistants Working Full-Time Compared to Part-Time: Results of the IMPROVEjob Study
title_sort higher work-privacy conflict and lower job satisfaction in gp leaders and practice assistants working full-time compared to part-time: results of the improvejob study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8910119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270317
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052618
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