Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, Kentucky.
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Parkview Health System, Pueblo, Colorado.
Endocr Pract. 2022 Jul;28(7):703-710. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2022.03.019. Epub 2022 Apr 1.
Despite the increased demand and worsening burnout among U.S. endocrinologists, there is a paucity of data on job satisfaction and associated factors. This study examines the factors associated with job satisfaction among a nationally representative sample of U.S. endocrinologists.
We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1700 U.S. adult endocrinologists on the Facebook group "Endocrinologists." The survey was conducted over 4 weeks using an anonymous online questionnaire. The 45-question survey assessed job and salary satisfaction scores on a 5-point Likert scale along with multiple job-related variables. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to identify the factors affecting job satisfaction.
Out of 1700, 654 adult endocrinologists (504 women and 139 men) completed the survey. The mean job satisfaction score was 3.72 ± 0.86, with 67.5% having high job satisfaction. Comparatively, 339 (52.1%) had high salary satisfaction. There was a statistically significant relationship between the job and salary satisfaction scores (P < .01). Factors significantly associated with the job satisfaction score (P < .05) included the practice region, gender, number of medical assistants per endocrinologist, self-performance of thyroid ultrasound, and number of patients in the hospital per week. Multivariate analysis showed that full-time employment, along with high salary satisfaction, seeing fewer new patients per day, performing thyroid ultrasounds, and fewer patients in the hospital were associated with the highest job satisfaction.
This study found about one-third of endocrinologists to have lower job satisfaction and identified multiple modifiable factors associated with endocrinologists' job satisfaction. Interventions focused on these potentially modifiable factors may improve job satisfaction among U.S. endocrinologists.
尽管美国内分泌学家的需求增加且职业倦怠情况恶化，但关于工作满意度及其相关因素的数据却很少。本研究旨在调查全美内分泌医生中与工作满意度相关的因素。
我们在 Facebook 群组“内分泌医生”上对 1700 名美国成年内分泌医生进行了横断面调查。该调查使用匿名在线问卷在 4 周内进行。该 45 个问题的调查评估了 5 点李克特量表上的工作和薪资满意度得分，以及多个与工作相关的变量。进行单变量和多变量分析，以确定影响工作满意度的因素。
在 1700 名参与者中，有 654 名成年内分泌医生（504 名女性和 139 名男性）完成了调查。平均工作满意度评分为 3.72±0.86，67.5%的人对工作非常满意。相比之下，339 人（52.1%）对薪资非常满意。工作满意度和薪资满意度评分之间存在统计学显著关系（P<.01）。与工作满意度评分显著相关的因素（P<.05）包括执业地区、性别、每位内分泌医生的医疗助理人数、甲状腺超声的自我操作以及每周在医院的患者人数。多变量分析显示，全职工作、高薪资满意度、每天看诊的新患者数量较少、进行甲状腺超声检查以及在医院的患者数量较少与工作满意度最高相关。
本研究发现约三分之一的内分泌医生工作满意度较低，并确定了与内分泌医生工作满意度相关的多个可改变因素。针对这些潜在可改变因素的干预措施可能会提高美国内分泌医生的工作满意度。
