[Analysis of occupational quality of life and related factors in a primary health care unit]

Abstract

Background: To determine the professionals' valuation on his quality of worklife and the factors related to this one.

Design: Observacional transversely study. Questionnaire Setting: Area 1 of primary care. SERMAS Participants: Voluntary and confidential response to the questionnaire requested all the workers.

Main measurements: Unit type, labour statement, manager rol, work years old, work burden, rural environment, profession, punctuation average of the questionnaire and punctuation in each of 11 questionnaire factors. Questionnaire Q-Labors 56 was used.

Results: Answers ratio 58% (n=883). The average punctuation±standard deviation was 3,0±0,47 (maximum punctuation 5) globally. The worse punctuated factors were salary (2,07±1,03), burden (2,33±0,88) and promotion (2,44±0,92), and the best punctuated factors were interpersonal relations (3,74±0,76) and patients relations (3,72±0,62). The best logistic regression model to explain global punctuation more than 3 included only manager rol, labour statement and profession.

Conclusions: The punctuation of quality worklife was 3 in a scale from 1 to 5. The most determinant variable has been the profession. Influence of Work burden, Work years old or Rural environment wasn't found. The worse valuated factors were salary, burden and promotion. Interpersonal relations and patients relations were the best punctuated.