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Wellbeing at work among GPs working in multidisciplinary primary care teams: a cross-sectional study

Christine Cohidon, Adeline Cachou de Camaret, Nicolas Senn and Pascal Wild
BJGP Open 13 January 2026; BJGPO.2024.0201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0201
Christine Cohidon
1 Department of Family Medicine, Center for Primary Care and Public Health,University of Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Adeline Cachou de Camaret
1 Department of Family Medicine, Center for Primary Care and Public Health,University of Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Nicolas Senn
1 Department of Family Medicine, Center for Primary Care and Public Health,University of Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Pascal Wild
2 PW Consulting, Laxou, France
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    Figure 1. Staff composition of different PC practice types¥¥ (in addition to GPs) (n = 13 027 GPs). *Percentage of practices working with each professional for each practice type ¥The traditional type represents 52% of the practices, the multidisciplinary type = 12%, the nurse-centred type = 12%, the psychologist-centred type = 19%, the physiotherapist type = 5%
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    Figure 2. Job satisfaction and occupational stress (%) as reported by GPs, according to their sex and age in 11 Western countries

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    Table 1. GPs’ personal characteristics, job satisfaction, and occupational stress (weighted data)
    AustraliaCanadaFranceGermanyNetherlandsNew ZealandNorwaySwedenSwitzerlandUKUSTotal
    Final sample size 50025691287809788503661241110951001157613 200
    Response rate (%) 14.539.320.014.748.716.233.842.242.826.821.229.1
    Sex (%) Male 54.954.062.554.647.744.956.248.859.453.955.153.9
        Female 45.145.937.545.352.255.043.751.140.546.044.846.0
    Age (%)<35–44 (years) 39.034.219.21.740.832.346.839.620.357.530.834.0
        45–6446.850.362.766.556.955.544.247.462.236.251.352.2
        >6514.215.317.916.72.112.18.812.917.46.217.713.7
    GPs’ job satisfaction (%)
        Low4.411.98.712.25.57.17.911.81.615.016.310.4
        Moderate34.143.259.144.540.439.631.435.629.046.541.241.1
        High61.644.732.243.354.153.360.752.669.438.542.848.5
    GPs’ occupational stress (%)
        Low15.910.312.111.413.313.37.96.415.35.19.910.2
        Moderate54.743.949.636.155.344.947.928.347.235.337.141.2
        High29.445.838.352.531.341.844.265.337.659.653.148.5
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    Table 2. Association between job satisfaction and PC team composition: ordered logistic regression
    Univariate modelMultivariate model
    (n = 10 100)
       NumberOR95% CIOR95% CI
    Sex
       Male (Ref)713611
       Female60040.890.83 to 0.95 0.90 0.83 to 0.97
    Age (years)
       55–65 (Ref)384511
       <35–4444081.151.06 to 1.25 1.21 1.09 to 1.34
       45–5538451.080.97 to 1.16 1.13 1.01 to 1.25
       >6517281.561.40 to 1.75 1.59 1.40 to 1.81
    Area
       Rural (Ref)179811
       Suburb26940.700.62 to 0.78 0.77 0.67 to 0.87
       Small town27850.820.73 to 0.93 0.84 0.73 to 0.95
       City56500.800.72 to 0.89 0.87 0.77 to 0.99
    Consultation time
       >20 minute to≤90 minute (Ref)267211
       ≥5 minute to≤10 minute27200.610.55 to 0.68 0.79 0.68 to 0.93
       >10 minute to≤15 minute42690.830.76 to 0.911.100.96 to 1.25
       >15 minute to≤20 minute33220.900.82 to 1.00 1.16 1.01 to 1.33
    GP workforce (FTE)
       <0.1–1.3 (ref)2610
       ≤1.4–324971.100.99 to 1.23 1.12 1.00 to 1.25
       ≤3–523791.050.94 to 1.17 1.17 1.04 to 1.33
       ≤5–10030751.070.96 to 1.18 1.18 1.04 to 1.34
    Practice type
       Traditional type (Ref)677111
       Multidisciplinary16431.121.01 to 1.24 1.43 1.26 to 1.62
       Nurse-centred15600.990.90 to 1.11 1.18 1.02 to 1.35
       Psychologist-centred24471.231.12 to 1.34 1.24 1.09 to 1.42
       Physiotherapist-centred9920.980.85 to 1.140.980.83 to 1.15
    Country
       Australia (Ref)500
       Canada25690.490.40 to 0.59 0.43 0.35 to 0.53
       France12870.360.29 to 0.44 0.36 0.29 to 0.45
       Germany8090.460.37 to 0.57 0.65 0.51 to 0.84
       the Netherlands7880.750.60 to 0.940.930.72 to 1.19
       New Zealand5030.710.56 to 0.91 0.74 0.57 to 0.95
       Norway6610.910.72 to 1.160.840.65 to 1.08
       Swedena 24110.630.52 to 0.77--
       Switzerland10951.431.15 to 1.78 1.51 1.19 to 1.92
       UK10010.370.30 to 0.46 0.44 0.35 to 0.56
       US15760.420.34 to 0.51 0.38 0.31 to 0.48
    • aSwedish GPs did not answer to the question about FTE. FTE = full-time equivalents

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    Table 3. Associations between occupational stress and PC team composition: ordered logistic regression
    Univariate modelMultivariate model
    (n = 10 088)
       NumberOR95% CIOR95% CI
    Sex
       Male (Ref)713611
       Female60041.361.28 to 1.46 1.17 1.08 to 1.27
    Age (years)
       55–65 (Ref)384511
       35–4444081.261.16 to 1.38 1.12 1.01 to 1.25
       45–5538451.231.12 to 1.35 1.12 1.00 to 1.24
       >6517280.500.45 to 0.56 0.51 0.45 to 0.58
    Area
       Rural (Ref)179811
       Suburb26941.151.02 to 1.291.040.92 to 1.19
       Small town27851.191.06 to 1.341.030.91 to 1.17
       City56501.291.17 to 1.441.000.97 to 1.21
    Consultation time
       >20 minute to≤90 minute (Ref)267211
       ≥5 minute to≤10 minute27201.231.11 to 1.37 1.76 1.50 to 2.06
       >10 minute to≤15 minute42690.950.87 to 1.04 1.31 1.16 to 1.48
       >15 minute to≤20 minute33221.050.96 to 1.161.090.96 to 1.25
    GP workforce (FTE)a,
       <0.1–1.3 (Ref)26101
       ≤1.4–324971.111.00 to 1.231.000.89 to 1.12
       ≤3–523791.201.07 to 1.330.930.83 to 1.05
       ≤5–10030751.261.14 to 1.390.940.83 to 1.06
    Practice type
       Traditional type (Ref)677111
       Multidisciplinary16430.850.77 to 0.94 0.77 0.68 to 0.87
       Nurse-centred15601.341.20 to 1.490.870.76 to 1.00
       Psychologist-centred24471.080.98 to 1.18 0.81 0.71 to 0.93
       Physiotherapist-centred9920.820.71 to 0.951.040.88 to 1.23
    Country
       Australia (Ref)50011
       Canada25691.871.56 to 2.24 2.15 1.77 to 2.61
       France12871.421.17 to1.73 1.63 1.32 to 2.01
       Germany8092.301.85 to 2.84 1.78 1.39 to 2.28
       The Netherlands7881.120.91 to 1.390.860.68 to 1.10
       New Zealand5031.551.22 to1.96 1.49 1.17 to 1.91
       Norway6611.861.50 to 2.32 2.14 1.69 to 2.71
       Swedena 24114.061.06 to 1.58--
       Switzerland10951.291.15 to 1.78 1.45 1.16 to 1.81
       UK10013.322.70 to 4.08 2.59 2.06 to 3.26
       US15762.411.99 to 2.91 2.91 2.36 to 3.59
    • aSwedish GPs did not answer the question about FTE. FTE = full-time equivalents

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    Table 4. Association between job satisfaction, occupational stress, and primary care team composition, according to GP FTEs in the practice: ordered logistic regressiona
    GP workforce (FTE),<0.1–1.4
    (n = 2610)
    ≤1.4–3
    (n = 2497)
    ≤3–5
    (n = 2379)
    ≤5–100
    (n = 3075)
    Job satisfaction
    OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
    Practice type
     Traditional type (Ref)1-1-1-1-
     Multidisciplinary1.360.94 to 1.99 1.40 1.01 to 1.95 1.94 1.48 to 2.54 1.36 1.12 to 1.64
     Nurse-centred 1.59 1.14 to 2.22 0.910.68 to 1.221.230.93 to 1.611.160.89 to 1.50
     Psychologist-centred1.290.99 to 1.671.110.86 to 1.441.140.86 to 1.511.371.00 to 1.88
     Physiotherapist-centred0.770.55 to 1.081.240.89 to 1.720.680.48 to 10.971.190.85 to 1.66
    Occupational stress
    OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
    Practice type
     Traditional type (Ref)1-1-1-1-
     Multidisciplinary 0.63 0.44 to 0.91 1.000.72 to 1.40 0.61 0.47 to 0.79 0.72 0.62 to 0.91
     Nurse-centred0.960.69 to 1.320.950.71 to 1.270.830.63 to 1.090.790.61 to 1.03
     Psychologist-centred 0.75 0.58 to 0.97 1.000.78 to 1.27 0.76 0.57 to 1.00 0.72 0.53 to 0.98
     Physiotherapist-centred0.830.60 to 1.151.270.92 to 1.741.310.92 to 1.870.890.64 to 1.25
    • aModels adjusted for sex, age category, area, and country. FTE: Full-time equivalents

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