Work context, job satisfaction and suffering in primary health care

To evaluate the work context, job satisfaction and suffering from the perspective of workers in primary health care. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 242 employees of a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from May to July 2012. The adopted instruments were the Work Context Assess...

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Published in:Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem 2015-06, Vol.36 (2), p.42-49
Main Authors: Maissiat, Greisse da Silveira, Lautert, Liana, Pai, Daiane Dal, Tavares, Juliana Petri
Format: Article
Language:eng ; por
Subjects:
Achievement
Adolescent
Adult
Atención primaria de salud
Brazil
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Community Health Services
Condiciones de trabajo
Cross-Sectional Studies
Employment
Fatigue - epidemiology
Fatigue - etiology
Fatigue - psychology
Female
Health Personnel - psychology
Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Occupational Diseases - etiology
Occupational Diseases - psychology
Personal Autonomy
Pleasure
Primary Health Care
Salud laboral
Satisfacción en el trabajo
Stress, Psychological
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:To evaluate the work context, job satisfaction and suffering from the perspective of workers in primary health care. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 242 employees of a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from May to July 2012. The adopted instruments were the Work Context Assessment Scale (EACT) and the Job Satisfaction and Suffering Indicators Scale (EIPST). Research also included descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Organization (91.3%) and work conditions (64%) received the worst scores in terms of context. The indicators of job satisfaction were related to professional achievement (55.8%), freedom of expression (62.4%) and recognition (59.9%). However, 64.5% presented professional exhaustion, which had an inverse association with age and years in the institution (p
ISSN:0102-6933
1983-1447
DOI:10.1590/1983-1447.2015.02.51128