ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2012
Improving quality of medical treatment and care: are surgeons' working conditions and job satisfaction associated to patient satisfaction?
Article in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A Systematic Review of the Impact of Physicians' Occupational Well-Being on the Quality of Patient Care.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2015Pooled it
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- Effort-reward imbalance and perceived quality of patient care: a cross-sectional study among physicians in Germany.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundOver the last decades, surgeons, researchers, and health administrators have been working hard to define standards for high-quality treatment and care in Surgery departments. However, it is unclear whether patients' perceptions of medical treatment and care are related and affected by surgeons' perceptions of their working conditions and job satisfaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate patients' satisfaction in relation to surgeons' working conditions.
methodsA cross-sectional survey with 120 patients and 109 surgeons working in Surgery hospital departments was performed. Surgeons completed a survey evaluating their working conditions and job satisfaction. Patients assessed quality of medical care and treatment and their satisfaction with being a patient in this department.
resultsSeventy percent of the patients were satisfied with performed surgeries and services in their department. Surgeons' job satisfaction and working conditions rated with moderate scores. Bivariate analyses showed correlations between patients' satisfaction and surgeons' job satisfaction and working conditions. Strongest correlations were found between kindness of medical staff, treatment outcome and overall patient satisfaction.
conclusionThis study demonstrates strong associations between surgeons' working conditions and patient satisfaction. Based on these findings, hospital managements should improve work organization, workload, and job resources to not only improve surgeons' job satisfaction but also quality of medical treatment and patient satisfaction in Surgery departments.
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