ABSTRACT
Background: Doctor's profession has been among one of the most attractive profession in Pakistan Society, but doctors are getting increasingly dissatisfied with their jobs in our region as unfortunately job satisfaction has still not received the proper consideration from policy makers
Objectives: To determine the level of satisfaction with various job characteristics and compare the characteristics of doctors with level of job satisfaction among doctors working in public and private sector teaching hospitals
Study Design: Cross sectional study
Period: July 2014 to August 2014
Setting: Public sector [Jinnah Hospital Lahore] and a private sector [Fatima Memorial Hospital] Lahore
Methods: A total of 308 medical officers, 154 from each hospital were included through simple random sampling. They were interviewed regarding their socio demographic and work related characteristics and satisfaction level regarding various job characteristics, using a structured, pretested questionnaire. The job satisfaction was rated on the basis of a three point liker scale with scores ranging from 1 - 33 and scores >/= 25 were considered as satisfied. All the data was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 17.0
Results: Among the total study respondents, majority 212 [68.8%] doctor were dissatisfied with their jobs while high level of satisfaction was seen only regarding timeliness of pay 92.9% and job safety 98%.On comparing characteristics of doctors with job satisfaction, it was seen that age, gender, marital status, number of family members, total family income, work experience and nature of job was not significantly related with satisfaction while doctors working in private hospital were more satisfied with their job as compared to doctors working in government hospital and this result was statistically significant [P = 0.000]
Conclusion: Satisfaction level of doctors especially working in public hospitals was low as compared to doctors working in private sector. There is need to address the reasons of dis-satisfaction and formulate strategies to eliminate these issues
ABSTRACT
To find out the awareness and practices regarding breast self examination [BSE] among the lady health workers of Tehsil Arifwala, district Pakpatan, Punjab. This cross sectional study was conducted in July 2011. 300 LHW's fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected through consecutive sampling technique. Information was collected regarding awareness and practices of BSE through interviews on questionnaire covering all variables. The BSE practices of LHW's were determined on the basis of two criteria: 1. Number of BSE steps performed [categorized as 'average' for performing >2 steps and 'below average' for performing one or two steps]. 2. Interval of BSE [categorized as 'correct' for regular monthly interval and 'incorrect' for >1 month interval]. Data was entered and cleaned using Epi Data 3.1 and analyzed using Epi Info 3.5.1 Mean age of participants was 32.06 +/- 7.8 years. Majority were married [79%], rural dwellers [64.3%], had job experience up to 5 years [55.3%] and were educated above middle [53.7%]. Majority 280 [93.3%] were aware of breast self examination but only 80 [28.5%] were practicing it. Out of 80 who were performing BSE, 34 [12.1%] were practicing BSE at correct interval and only 46 [16.4%] were practicing average steps. Significant relationship was found between the age and awareness while higher levels of job experience had a significant relationship with BSE practice. The awareness level of LHW's regarding BSE was relatively high as compared to their practices of BSE. As a LHW has direct link with the community, there is a need to organize training courses for LHW's regarding correct BSE practices. Special emphasis should be paid to timeliness and steps of the procedure so that she can provide proper information to community for early detection of breast cancer.