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Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1439636
This article is part of the Research Topic Mental Health Services for Occupational Trauma: Decreasing Stigma and Increasing Access, Volume 2 View all 6 articles

Effects of Work-family Conflict, Social Support and Burnout on Job Satisfaction among Primary Care Physicians in Huaihai Economic Zone

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Zongliang Wen Zongliang Wen *Shenqin Wu Shenqin Wu *Long Bai Long Bai Xu Jintao Xu Jintao Yun Zhao Yun Zhao *Jinhua Fang Jinhua Fang *Hamdi Abdirizak Hamdi Abdirizak *
  • Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China

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    Background: Primary care physicians (PCPs) are doctors in primary health care institutions, namely village clinics, township health centers and community health service centers (stations) who are the main providers of primary health care services in primary health care settings. Improving the overall health status of the population requires the support of a large number of primary care physicians; however, the job satisfaction of this group has not been sufficiently emphasized and recognized.Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of primary care physicians' workfamily conflict on their job satisfaction, as well as the mediating role of burnout and the moderating role of social support.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2023 to March 2023. Participants were 749 primary care physicians from four cities of Xuzhou, Linyi, Huaibei, and Shangqiu in the Huaihai Economic Zone of China. SPSS statistical analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between work-family conflict, social support, burnout and job satisfaction among medical workers.Results: Work-family conflict had a significant negative effect on job satisfaction (β = -0.36, p< 0.001), after adding burnout in the model, work-family conflict also negatively predicted job satisfaction (β = -0.32, p< 0.001). Social support had a moderating effect on the direct effect of burnout on job satisfaction (β = 0.00, t = 2.66, p< 0.01, 95%CI [0.001, 0.007]), the predictive effect of burnout on job satisfaction at high level of social support (β = -0.45, p< 0.001) was higher than a low level of social support (β = -0.33, p< 0.001). Conclusions: This study demonstrated the negative impact of work-family conflict on primary care physicians' job satisfaction, as well as the mediating role of burnout and the moderating role of social support on burnout and job satisfaction, which are important for improving primary care physicians' job satisfaction and enhancing the quality of primary care in the future.

    Keywords: work-family conflict, Job Satisfaction, burnout, social support, Primary care physicians

    Received: 28 May 2024; Accepted: 12 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wen, Wu, Bai, Jintao, Zhao, Fang and Abdirizak. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Zongliang Wen, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
    Shenqin Wu, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
    Yun Zhao, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
    Jinhua Fang, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
    Hamdi Abdirizak, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China

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