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