ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Investigating the links between diagnostic uncertainty, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intention in General Practitioners working in the United Kingdom.
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- Understanding why health professionals are leaving the UK national health service (NHS) - A systematic review and narrative synthesis.Journal of health services research & policy · 2026Pooled it
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- Uncertainty in general practice: a myth of uniqueness?Family medicine and community health · 2026Review
- Team climate, job satisfaction, burnout and practice performance: results of a national survey of staff in general practices in England.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Going to work sick: A scoping review of illness presenteeism among physicians and medical trainees.Medical education · 2025Article
- Strengthening workforce resilience to sustain community health services during crises: evidence from Chinese general practitioners.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- "What Is Normal?": A Qualitative Exploration of Health Practitioners' Reports of Treating Patients Presenting with Unpleasant Sexual Experiences.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Process Groups for Supporting Resident Wellbeing: Factors Influencing Resident Wellness amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Returning-to-work after mental health-associated sick leave: a qualitative interview study exploring the experiences of general practitioners in Germany.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Nurses' Colleague Solidarity and Job Performance: Mediating Effect of Positive Emotion and Turnover Intention.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: General Practitioners (GPs) report high levels of burnout, job dissatisfaction, and turnover intention. The complexity of presenting problems to general practice makes diagnostic uncertainty a common occurrence that has been linked to burnout. The interrelationship between diagnostic uncertainty with other factors such as burnout, job satisfaction and turnover intention have not been previously examined. Objectives: To examine associations between diagnostic uncertainty, emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), job satisfaction, and turnover intention in GPs. Methods: Seventy general practices in England were randomly selected through the Oxford-Royal College of General Practitioners Research and Surveillance Centre (RCGP-RSC). A total of 348 GPs within 67 these practices completed a 10-item online questionnaire which included questions on GP characteristics, work-life balance, job satisfaction, sickness presenteeism, diagnostic uncertainty, turnover intention as well as EE and DP. Associations between diagnostic uncertainty and each of EE, DP, job satisfaction, and turnover intention were evaluated in multivariate mixed-effect ordinal logistic regressions whilst adjusting for covariates, to account for the correlation in the three outcomes of interest. Results: Almost one-third of GPs ( Conclusion: Diagnostic uncertainty may not only negatively impact on the wellbeing of GPs, but could also have adverse implications on workforce retention in primary care.
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