Job related affective well-being among primary health care physicians

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 514-519

  Uncu, Yesim ^a   Bayram, Nuran ^a   Bilgel, Nazan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Affective well being; General practitioner; Primary health care; Stress; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB STRESS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 35649020670     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl264     Document Type: Article

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