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Table 1 Descriptive statistics factors of job satisfaction and of organizational attributes of practice assistants

From: Practice assistants in primary care in Germany – associations with organizational attributes on job satisfaction

 

Mean (SD)

CI (95%)

Factors of job satisfaction 1

  

Physical working condition

5.18 (1.32)

5.06 – 5.30

Freedom of working method

5.20 (1.35)

5.08 – 5.33

Colleagues and fellow workers

5.87 (1.28)

5.76 – 5.99

Recognition for work

5.07 (1.47)

4.94 – 5.21

Amount of responsibility

5.38 (1.33)

5.25 – 5.50

Income

3.89 (1.79)

3.73 – 4.06

Opportunity to use abilities

5.26 (1.26)

5.14 – 5.37

Hours of work

5.34 (1.49)

5.20 – 5.48

Amount of variety in job

5.49 (1.22)

5.38 – 5.60

Overall job satisfaction

5.74 (1.19)

5.63 – 5.85

Factors of organizational attributes 2

  

Communication

3.92 (0.48)

3.86 – 3.98

Decision making

3.95 (0.64)

3.89 – 4.00

Stress

3.53 (0.73)

3.46 – 3.59

History of change

3.13 (0.79)

3.06 – 3.20

Overall score

3.70 (0.48)

3.66 – 3.75

  1. SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence interval.
  2. 1range from 1 “extreme dissatisfaction” to 7 “extreme satisfaction”.
  3. 2range from 1 “fully disagree” to 5 “fully agree”.