Institute of Medical Information/Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Jun 17;10:895659. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.895659. eCollection 2022.
Rural health workers (RHWs) play an irreplaceable role in ensuring and improving the health level of rural residents as the most basic and extensive medical service providers in rural areas. However, rural health institutions are facing significant worker shortages worldwide, not only in low- and middle-income countries but also in developed countries. As an important variable to explain RHWs' work status and predict turnover behavior, job satisfaction has received more and more attention currently.
Publications from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2021 were identified from the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded), the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) of the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC); CiteSpace, VOSviewer, and R software were applied to conduct this study.
A total of 251 publications were obtained from the WoSCC database. The number of publications had a statistically significant increase in the study period. Ranking in the top three of the most productive countries or regions in this field was the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. "Health Care Sciences & Services," "Nursing," and "Public, Environmental & Occupational Health" seemed to be the major subjects. According to the reference co-citation analysis, "motivation," "rural and remote areas," and "work environment" were three noteworthy topics during the development of the research field. Moreover, through the keyword analysis, the underlying relationship among "job satisfaction," "job burnout," and "turnover intention" was explored.
Publications about job satisfaction associated with RHWs had remarkably indicated that this research field had great development potential and broad prospects. As an emerging topic related to RHWs' job status, job satisfaction and its related affected factors were systematically summarized by cluster and keywords analysis. We also highlighted that job satisfaction had a negative predictive effect on RHWs' job burnout and turnover intention, and job burnout played a positive role in predicting turnover intention. In addition, the job satisfaction and working environment of RHWs under the COVID-19 pandemic should receive more attention in the future.
农村卫生工作者（RHW）作为农村地区最基础、最广泛的医疗服务提供者，在保障和提高农村居民健康水平方面发挥着不可替代的作用。然而，农村卫生机构正面临着全球范围内的严重人员短缺，不仅在中低收入国家如此，在发达国家也是如此。作为解释 RHW 工作状况和预测离职行为的重要变量，工作满意度目前受到了越来越多的关注。
从 Web of Science 核心合集（WoSCC）的科学引文索引扩展版（SCI-Expanded）、社会科学引文索引（SSCI）和新兴资源引文索引（ESCI）中，检索了 1995 年 1 月 1 日至 2021 年 12 月 31 日期间的出版物。本研究采用了 CiteSpace、VOSviewer 和 R 软件。
从 WoSCC 数据库共获得 251 篇出版物。在研究期间，出版物数量呈显著增长趋势。在该领域最具生产力的国家或地区中排名前三的是美国、英国和中国。“卫生保健科学与服务”、“护理”和“公共、环境与职业健康”似乎是主要学科。根据参考文献共被引分析，“动机”、“农村和偏远地区”以及“工作环境”是该研究领域发展的三个值得关注的主题。此外，通过关键词分析，探讨了“工作满意度”、“工作倦怠”和“离职意向”之间的潜在关系。
与 RHW 工作满意度相关的出版物表明，该研究领域具有巨大的发展潜力和广阔的前景。作为 RHW 工作状况的一个新兴主题，通过聚类和关键词分析系统地总结了工作满意度及其相关影响因素。我们还强调，工作满意度对 RHW 的工作倦怠和离职意向具有负向预测作用，而工作倦怠对离职意向具有正向预测作用。此外，在未来，应更加关注 COVID-19 大流行下 RHW 的工作满意度和工作环境。
