Job Stress among General Practitioners and Nurses in Primary Care in England

Bibliographic Data

ID13670714
AuthorsUsha R Rout (Manchester Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Usha Rout (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Year1999
Volume85
Issue3
Pages981-986
Publication date1999-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1999.85.3.981
PMID10672762
OpenAlexW2060542855
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

This is a description comparing job stress, job satisfaction, and mental well-being of general practitioners (n = 205) and practice nurses (n = 119) in England, based on responses to a questionnaire. General practitioners reported lower job satisfaction and significantly greater pressure at work than did the practice nurses. Also, male general practitioners had significantly higher scores on anxiety and depression than a British normative population. Practice nurses, on the other hand, reported lower scores on anxiety and depression. The results should be interpreted with caution as the study is based on a small sample limited to the northwest region only; however, it does provide information which has important implications for the well-being of doctors and nurses in primary care

Anxiety · Depression (economics · Family medicine · General practice · Job satisfaction · Mental health · Normative · Population · Primary care · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Health, psychology, and well-being · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being

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