BACKGROUND This study examined the relationship between life satisfaction among medical students and a basic model of personality, stress and coping. Previous studies have shown relatively high levels of distress, such as symptoms of depression and suicidal thoughts in medical undergraduates. However despite the increased focus on positive psychological health and well-being during the past dec...

Objectives: Chinese physicians are being loaded with the enormous psychological pressure and so tend to be susceptible to burnout. Little is known on the relationship between job satisfaction and burnout for physicians from urban public medical institutions. We aim to describe the degree of burnout and evaluate the impact of job satisfaction on burnout. Methods: A crosssectional survey was cond...

Background—Changing Childbirth (1993), a report on the future of maternity services in the United Kingdom, endorsed the development of a primarily community based midwifery led service for normal pregnancy, with priority given to the provision of “woman centred care”. This has led to the development of local schemes emphasising continuity of midwifery care and increased choice and control for w...

This study used a survey of older people and younger persons with disabilities who were receiving Medicaid-financed home and community-based services (HCBS) to assess the effect of workforce issues on consumer satisfaction. We found that recruitment problems had very strong negative and significant effects on consumer satisfaction. An interruption in service was a more important and significant...

AIM The aim of the study was to examine the level of job-related burnout and the level of job satisfaction among residents of pediatrics. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 102 residents of pediatrics who were trained in two Ministry of Health teaching and research hospitals and in two university hospitals in Izmir were included in the study. Demographic data (age, sex), lifestyle (living with p...

AIM The authors define the term "satisfaction from life" as being able to achieve satisfying objectives, realize one's own needs and desires. Such a vision depends upon personal experience, knowledge, role models and value system. The objective of this study is to establish the styles of coping with stress, as well as kinds and intensity of aggressive behaviours that depend on the degree of lif...

background and aim: nurses’ job satisfaction has a main role in elevating the quality of healthcare services delivered to patients. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits dimensions (i.e., neuroticism, extroversion, conscientiousness) and job satisfaction among nurses working in the hospitals affiliated to ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sci...

background: when a couple confronts cancer, there is a major impact on their psychosocial life. marital life and satisfaction with that are important factors in the quality of life of breast cancer patient. the aim of this research was to predict marital satisfaction based on hardiness in women with breast cancer methods: a total of 100 women with breast cancer participated in this study and co...

the survival of rural communities depends on appropriate investments and creation of viable and sustainable job opportunities. rural entrepreneurship is a driving engine of job creation and economic growth in rural communities. when we speak of rural business success or longevity, it seems important to determine how rural entrepreneurs define success. for the past decades, profit, growth and in...