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Unhappy doctors? A longitudinal study of life and job satisfaction among Norwegian doctors 1994-2002

Nylenna, Magne; Gulbrandsen, Pål; Førde, Reidun; Aasland, OG
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/301175
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2005
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Original version
BMC Health Services Research 2005, 5(44)   10.1186/1472-6963-5-44
Abstract
Background: General opinion is that doctors are increasingly dissatisfied with their job, but few

longitudinal studies exist. This study has been conducted to investigate a possible decline in

professional and personal satisfaction among doctors by the turn of the century.

Methods: We have done a survey among a representative sample of 1 174 Norwegian doctors in

2002 (response rate 73 %) and compared the findings with answers to the same questions by (most

of) the same doctors in 1994 and 2000. The main outcome measures were self reported levels of

life satisfaction and job satisfaction according to the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS).

Results: Most Norwegian doctors are happy. They reported an average life satisfaction of 5.21 in

1994 and 5.32 in 2002 on a scale from 1 (extremely dissatisfied) to 7 (extremely satisfied). Half of

the respondents reported a very high level of general life satisfaction (a score of 6 or 7) while only

one third said they would have reported this high level of satisfaction five years ago. The doctors

thought that they had a higher level of job satisfaction than other comparable professional groups.

The job satisfaction scale among the same doctors showed a significant increase from 1994 to 2002.

Anaesthesiologists and internists reported a lower and psychiatrists and primary care doctors

reported a higher level of job satisfaction than the average.

Conclusion: Norwegian doctors seem to have enjoyed an increasing level of life and job

satisfaction rather than a decline over the last decade. This challenges the general impression of

unhappy doctors as a general and worldwide phenomenon.
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BioMed Central
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BMC Health Services Research

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