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Table 4 Effort-reward imbalance of physicians involved in Out-Of-Hours Care (n = 131)

From: Job satisfaction and stressors for working in out-of-hours care – a pilot study with general practitioners in a rural area of Germany

Scales (range; minimum to maximum)

Mean (SD)

Effort (6–30)

21.0 (5.2)

Reward (11–55)

23.6 (7.1)

Overcommittment (6–24)

14.7 (3.0)

Subscales of reward-scale (range; minimum to maximum)

Mean (SD)

Job promotion (4–20)

8.9 (3.5)

Esteem (5–25)

10.0 (3.0)

Security (2–10)

4.7 (2.0)

ER-Ratioa

1.7

  1. avalue > 1.0: imbalance between high effort and low reward
  2. SD standard deviation, ER-Ratio Effort-reward ratio