Are midwives in the netherlands satisfied with their jobs? a systematic examination of satisfaction levels among hospital and primary-care midwives in the netherlands

Autor: Marieke A. A. Hermus, Raymond De Vries, Corine Verhoeven, Doug Cronie, Suze Jans, Marlies Rijnders, Hilde Perdok
Přispěvatelé: Health promotion, RS: CAPHRI - R6 - Promoting Health & Personalised Care, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), Midwifery Science, APH - Quality of Care, Human genetics
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Male
STRESS
IMPACT
Nurse Midwives
Personal Satisfaction
Nursing Staff
Hospital
Burnout
Health administration
0302 clinical medicine
Life
CH - Child Health
Pregnancy
Surveys and Questionnaires
030212 general & internal medicine
Workplace
Survey
Netherlands
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Health Policy
Nursing research
Primary-care midwife
COMMUNITY
Job satisfaction
Workforce
CASELOAD
Female
HEALTH
Healthy Living
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
QUESTIONNAIRE
Hospitals
Maternity
Midwifery
Job Satisfaction
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
Nursing
Integrated-care
medicine
QUALITY
Humans
Maternal Health Services
WORK
Primary Care Nursing
business.industry
Public health
lcsh:RA1-1270
Hospital midwife
Integrated care
BURNOUT
ELSS - Earth
Life and Social Sciences
NURSES
Healthy for Life
business
Zdroj: Cronie, D, Perdok, H, Verhoeven, C, Jans, S, Hermus, M, De Vries, R & Rijnders, M 2019, ' Are midwives in the netherlands satisfied with their jobs? a systematic examination of satisfaction levels among hospital and primary-care midwives in the netherlands ', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 19, no. 1, 832 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4454-x
BMC Health Services Research
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
BMC Health Services Research, 19
BMC Health Services Research, 19(1):832. BioMed Central Ltd
BMC Health Services Research, 19(1):832. BioMed Central
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4454-x
Popis: Background Job satisfaction is generally considered to be an important element of work quality and workplace relations. Little is known about levels of job satisfaction among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands. Proposed changes to the maternity care system in the Netherlands should consider how the working conditions of midwives affect their job satisfaction. Aim We aimed to measure and compare job satisfaction among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands. Methods Online survey of all practising midwives in the Netherlands using a validated measure of job satisfaction (the Leiden Quality of Work Questionnaire) to analyze the attitudes of hospital and primary-care midwives about their work. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to assess differences between the two groups. Results Approximately one in six of all practising midwives in the Netherlands responded to our survey (hospital midwives n = 103, primary-care midwives n = 405). All midwives in our survey were satisfied with their work (n = 508). However, significant differences emerged between hospital and primary-care midwives in terms of what was most important to them in relation to their job satisfaction. For hospital midwives, the most significant domains were: working hours per week, workplace agreements, and total years of experience. For primary-care midwives, social support at work, work demands, job autonomy, and the influence of work on their private life were most significant. Conclusion Although midwives were generally satisfied, differences emerged in the key predictors of job satisfaction between hospital and primary-care midwives. These differences could be of importance when planning workforce needs and should be taken into consideration by policymakers in the Netherlands and elsewhere when planning new models of care.
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