Table 4 Associations between the GPs’ experience of negative work-related health impact and characteristics of the registered working day. Shown as averages per working day with a 95% CI
‘I feel that my job affects my health negatively’ | P-values* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Selected activities and issues | Fully/partly disagree (n = 228) | Neutral/Don’t know (n = 138) | Fully/partly agree (n = 638) | |
No. of consultations | 20.1 (19.5–20.8) | 19.3 (18.5–20.1) | 20.4 (20.0–20.8) | P = 0.108 (0.107–0.109) |
Total no. of medical issues during the consultations | 40.5 (38.3–42.7) | 38.8 (36.1–41.3) | 45.0 (43.6–46.4) | P = 0.172 (0.171–0.173) |
Disagreement or difficult discussions related to prescribing potentially addictive medications | 0.5 (0.4–0.7) | 0.7 (0.4–1.1) | 0.9 (0.8–1.0) | P = 0.005 (0.005–0.005) |
Disagreement or difficult discussions related to sick leave | 0.3 (0.2–0.4) | 0.5 (0.4–0.6) | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) | P = 0.001 (0.001–0.001) |
The patient wanted an investigation which was probably not medically indicated | 0.8 (0.7–1.0) | 1.1 (0.9–1.2) | 1.5 (1.3–1.7) | P = 0.009 (0.009–0.009) |