Job Satisfaction Level among the Public Hospital Doctors in Chongqing China and Its associated Factors

Objective: To investigate the job satisfaction level among doctors serving in the public hospitals in Chongqing and its associated factors. Methods: 589 doctors serving in public hospital in Chongqing were selected as participants through multi-stage stratified random sampling. Each participant received a self-administered questionnaire. Categorical variables were displayed by frequencies, while continuous data by means and standard deviations. Univariate analysis was applied to evaluate the differences between factors of the overall job satisfaction .Two multiple logistic regression analysis using the stepwise method was used to evaluate the influential factors of the overall job satisfaction. Results: The score of the overall job satisfaction among doctors serving in public hospitals in Chongqing was 3.31 ± 0.97, and the associated factors of the overall job satisfaction were learning and training opportunities (OR=9.21, 95% CI=2.03-41.85, p=0.004), interpersonal relationship (OR=6.29, 95% CI=2.71-14.59, p=0.000), physical working condition (OR=6.39, 95% CI=3.87-10.55, p=0.000), promotion opportunity (OR=3.44, 95% CI=2.12-5.61, p=0.000), reward (OR=4.75, 95% CI= 2.26-10.01, p=0.000) and service years(OR=1.04, 95%CI=1.02-1.07, p=0.000). Conclusions: The government officials and hospital administrators should pay attention to the factors of influence of job satisfaction and the reasonable demands of the public hospital doctors. In order to improve the overall job satisfaction of doctors in the public hospital in Chongqing, efforts should be made to reform compensation incentive system, expand opportunities of promotion, learning and training, and improve the working conditions and interpersonal relationship.