Research Article
Open Access to General Practice Was Associated with Burnout among General Practitioners
Table 1
Characteristics of the participating 376 GPs. Mean age was 51.8 (
), mean weekly hours of work were 44.2 (
), and mean years in profession were 14.9 (
).
| | | % |
| Gender | | | Men | 228 | 61.0 | Women | 146 | 39.0 | Marital status | | | Married | 345 | 93.0 | Single | 26 | 7.0 | Age | | | <45 | 58 | 15.6 | 45–49 | 86 | 23.1 | 50–54 | 81 | 21.7 | 55–59 | 102 | 27.4 | >59 | 46 | 12.3 | Practice organisation | | | Solo practice | 92 | 25.3 | Group practice | 32 | 8.8 | Shared practice | 93 | 25.6 | Partnership practice | 146 | 40.2 | Open access (at least 30 minutes) | | | Yes, every day | 31 | 8.3 | Yes, but less than every day | 22 | 5.9 | No | 321 | 85.8 | Number of patients per GP | | | 1385 | 96 | 25.9 | 1385–1785 | 181 | 48.8 | >1785 | 94 | 25.3 | Number of consultations per GP in 2003 | | | <7720 | 96 | 25.9 | 7720–10.770 | 183 | 49.3 | >10770 | 92 | 24.8 | CME group | | | Member of a CME and a supervision group | 70 | 18.7 | Being a member of either a CME or supervision group | 274 | 73.3 | Neither a member of a CME nor of a supervision group | 30 | 8.0 | CME days spent in 2 years on GP-relevant activities | | | 0–5 days | 34 | 9.3 | 6–9 days | 60 | 16.4 | 10–17 days | 190 | 51.8 | >17 days | 83 | 22.6 | Job satisfaction (Warr-Cook-Wall) | | | >6.0 | 77 | 20.5 | 5.6–6.0 | 112 | 29.8 | 5.1–5.5 | 101 | 26.9 | 1.0–5.0 | 86 | 22.9 | Burnout (Maslach score) | | | No | 280 | 75.9 | Yes (EE > 26 and/or DP > 9) | 89 | 24.1 | Weekly working hours | | | <37 | 52 | 14.7 | 37–41 | 90 | 25.4 | 42–46 | 95 | 26.8 | 47–51 | 66 | 18.6 | >51 | 52 | 14.7 | Minutes typically used per consultation | | | ≥13 min | 294 | 78.8 | <13 min | 79 | 21.2 |
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