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Sociodemographic characteristics n (%)a Sex Male 155 (78) Female 44 (22) Age, mean (SD) 55.0 (8.0) Practice locationb Rural 102 (51) Urban 95 (48) Type of practice Group practice 104 (52) Solo practice 95 (48) N = 199. aUnless stated otherwise. bSelf-declared. Missing data (n = 2). SD = standard deviation
Practice organisation n (%)a Total working hours per week, mean (SD) 46.6 (11.6) Duration of consultation, minutes, mean (SD) 19.6 (5.8) Usual time necessary for receiving hospital discharge, daysb 1–4 60 (30) 5–14 80 (40) 15–30 38 (19) >30 14 (7) Being GP as unique work activity 67 (34) Teaching activity 61 (31) Number of face-to-face patient contacts in a day, mean (SD) 24.0 (8:1) Number of email patient contacts in a day, mean (SD) 1.5 (2.9) Number of night on-call duties in the past 3 months, mean (SD) 4.4 (10.5) Number of weekend on-call duties in the past 3 months, mean (SD) 2.1 (5.3) Meeting face to face with other GPs >1/month 120 (60) Meeting face to face with hospital specialists >1/month 42 (21) Feeling of lack of respectc Strongly disagree 12 (6) Disagree 119 (60) Agree 53 (27) Strongly agree 12 (6) Administrative overload Strongly disagree 1 (1) Disagree 39 (20) Agree 86 (43) Strongly agree 73 (37) Loss of meaning in workd Strongly disagree 62 (31) Disagree 75 (38) Agree 48 (24) Strongly agree 13 (7) N = 199. aUnless otherwise stated. bMissing data (n = 7). cMissing data (n = 3). dMissing data (n = 1). SD = standard deviation
- Table 3. Associations (odds ratios) between sociodemographic and work characteristics and GPs’ loss of meaning in work.
Covariate Univariate model( N = 199) Final multivariate model( N = 190) n OR 95% CI OR 95% CI Sex, female 44 1.15 0.63 to 2.12 0.70 0.35 to 1.39 Age group, years, ref <50 years 49 — — 1 — 50–60 95 0.85 0.45 to 1.60 0.98 0.50 to 1.91 ≥61 55 0.44 0.21 to 0.91 0.52 0.24 to 1.14 Practice location, urban 95 1.30 0.78 to 2.17 — — Type of practice, group practice 104 1.02 0.61 to 1.69 — — Working hours per week 195 1.00 0.98 to 1.02 — — Duration of consultation 196 1.02 0.98 to 1.07 — — Discharge information, >15 days 52 2.68 1.46 to 4.92 2.28 1.20 to 4.35 Face-to-face contacts per daya 198 0.87 0.75 to 1.02 0.87 0.73 to 1.04 Email patient contacts per day 198 0.98 0.90 to 1.07 — — Night on-call duties, n 183 1.01 0.98 to 1.03 — — Weekend on-call duties, n 183 0.96 0.90 to 1.03 — — Meeting with other GPs, >1/month 120 0.69 0.41 to 1.17 — — Meeting with hospital specialists, >1/month 42 0.88 0.48 to 1.64 — — Administrative overload, agree and strongly agree 159 4.53 2.28 to 9.01 4.18 2.04 to 8.58 Feeling of lack of respect, agree and strongly agree 65 3.06 1.73 to 5.40 2.00 1.10 to 3.63 Teaching activity, yes 61 0.52 0.29 to 0.91 0.50 0.27 to 0.90 aUnit = five consultations. OR = odds ratio.
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