The interrelationships between working conditions, job satisfaction, burnout and mental health among hospital physicians in Japan: A path analysis

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-172

  Tokuda, Yasuharu ^a   Hayano, Keiko ^b   Ozaki, Makiko ^c   Bito, Seiji ^d   Yanai, Haruo ^e   Koizumi, Shunzo ^f  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job satisfaction; Mental health; Physician overwork; Work control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATH ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP TIME; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65449182379     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.166     Document Type: Article

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