Study of Job Satisfaction and Stress among Doctors from Tertiary Care Institute at Rural Region of Central India

Majority (76%) of doctors were found to be dissatisfied with their job and almost half (48%) of them were stressful. Level of stress is negatively correlated with job satisfaction. Doctors were found to be least satisfied with their job on physical working conditions (2.20 ± 1.12), workload (2.07 ± 1.09), rate of pay and benefits (2.19 ± 1.21), safety and security (2.07 ± 1.11), professional growth (2.19± 1.29), autonomy (2.18 ± 1.24) and adequate resources (2.14 ± 1.22). The age, marital status, years since graduation and designation were found to be significantly correlated with job satisfaction (p < 0.05). Age, marital status and severity of stress were factors affecting job satisfaction.