Threats or violence from patients was associated with turnover intention among foreign-born GPs - a comparison of four workplace factors associated with attitudes of wanting to quit one's job as a GPShow others and affiliations
Number of Authors: 52017 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, ISSN 0281-3432, E-ISSN 1502-7724, Vol. 35, no 2, p. 208-213Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objective: General practitioners (GPs) are crucial in medical healthcare, but there is currently a shortage of GPs in Sweden and elsewhere. Recruitment of GPs from abroad is essential, but foreign-born physicians face difficulties at work that may be related to turnover intention, i.e. wanting to quit one's job. The study aims to explore the reasons to why foreign-born GPs may intend to quit their job. Design: Survey data were used to compare four work-related factors that can be associated with turnover intentions; patient-related stress, threats or violence from patients, control of work pace, and empowering leadership, among native-born and foreign-born GPs. These work-related factors were subsequently examined in relation to turnover intention among the foreign-born GPs by means of linear hierarchical regression analyses. The questionnaire consisted of items from the QPS Nordic and items constructed by the authors. Setting: A primary care setting in a central area of Sweden. Subjects: Native-born (n = 208) and foreign-born GPs (n = 73). Results: Turnover intention was more common among foreign-born GPs (19.2% compared with 14.9%), as was the experience of threats or violence from patients (22% compared with 3% of the native-born GPs). Threats or violence was also associated with increased turnover intention. Control of work pace and an empowering leadership was associated with reduced turnover intention.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. Vol. 35, no 2, p. 208-213
Keywords [en]
physicians, general practitioners, personnel turnover, foreign-born doctors, regression analysis, violence
National Category
General Practice Health Sciences Psychology
Research subject
Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-145295DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2017.1333319ISI: 000403558300014PubMedID: 28587508OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-145295DiVA, id: diva2:1128349
2017-07-252017-07-252022-03-23Bibliographically approved