Abstract
Purpose: The current research on frontline medical staff in China fighting against COVID-19 has not yet addressed job satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to investigate the job satisfaction of those who were sent to support Hubei province, China, or worked in local designated hospitals, and then analyze the associated influencing factors.Materials and Methods: A total of 455 medical staff who worked at the frontline of the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Hubei province was selected using simple random sampling. They were asked to fill out a self-developed general information questionnaire as well as the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), from 10 January to 10 March 2020.Results: The average job satisfaction score of the participants was 82.58 ± 11.11. The influencing factors include education (P = 0.002), years of work experience (P = 0.006), anti-epidemic work duration (P = 0.048), daily sleep duration (P < 0.001), and the form of participation (P < 0.001).Conclusions: This study, for the first time, measures the job satisfaction of frontline medical staff in fighting against COVID-19 in China. The job satisfaction of frontline medical staff was at a “relatively decent” level, higher than the previous similar measures among medical staff. Related management departments should further improve the job satisfaction of frontline medical staff by meeting their reasonable demands, strengthening the emergency response and practical operation training of junior staff, and ensuring their ample time for sleep and rest. This study is of great reference value for improving the job satisfaction level of frontline medical staff during public health emergencies, developing medical staff security policies, and promoting the establishment of emergency response teams.
Highlights
The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) is a new infectious disease that is highly contagious [1]
This study is of great reference value for improving the job satisfaction level of frontline medical staff during public health emergencies, developing medical staff security policies, and promoting the establishment of emergency response teams
The results suggested that education, anti-epidemic work duration, and the form of participation was served as negative predictors for the job satisfaction of frontline medical staff, whereas work experience and daily sleep duration served as positive predictors
Summary
The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) is a new infectious disease that is highly contagious [1]. Numerous medical staff joined the frontline of the prevention and control of COVID-19 and participated in the diagnosis, screening, inspection, examination, transfer, treatment, nursing, epidemiological investigation, medical observation, specimen collection, pathogen detection, pathological examination, and pathological autopsy of confirmed and suspected cases [5]. Between January and March 2020, more than 40,000 medical personnel were sent to Hubei province to aid in the treatment of COVID-19. These medical teams, which often consisted of staff from different medical institutions, participated in epidemic prevention and control by taking control of entire wards and mostly worked at designated hospitals and mobile cabin hospitals in Wuhan city and Huanggang city. The job satisfaction of frontline medical staff in China was not involved
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