Medical professionals’ job satisfaction and telemedicine readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic: solutions to improve medical practice in Egypt

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 2 Factors associated with dissatisfaction with job and salary at the governmental public health sector (n = 827) (Professionals at governmental sector who reported level of satisfaction)

Factors	Satisfied^a (n = 52)		Dissatisfied^b (n = 775)		OR (95%CI)	P value
Factors	(No.)	(%)	(No.)	(%)	OR (95%CI)	P value
Dissatisfaction with job
Gender
Male	128	26.3	359	73.7	1.12 (0.82, 1.52)	0.47
Female^d	97	28.5	243	71.5
Age (years)
≥ 40	30	23.6	97	76.4	1.24 (0.80, 1.94)	0.32
< 40^d	195	27.9	505	72.1
Specialty
Internal medicine^d	146	26.6	403	73.4	1.09 (0.79, 1.51)	0.57
Surgery^d	79	28.4	199	71.6
Workplace
University HC system^d	52	34.7	98	65.3	ref	-
MOHP	157	25.1	469	74.9	1.58 (1.08, 2.32)	0.01^*
HIO	16	31.4	35	68.6	1.16 (0.58, 2.29)	0.66
Dissatisfaction with salary
Gender
Male	23	4.7	465	95.3	1.89 (1.07,3.33)	0.02^*
Female^d	29	8.6	310	91.4
Age (years)
≥ 40	7	5.6	119	94.4	1.16 (0.51, 2.64)	0.71
< 40^d	45	6.4	656	93.6
Specialty
Surgery	12	4.3	266	95.7	1.74 (0.89, 3.37)	0.09
Internal medicine^c,d	40	7.3	509	92.7
Workplace
UTH	19	12.8	130	87.2	1.43 (0.60, 3.41)	0.41
MOHP	24	3.8	602	96.2	5.25 (2.29, 11.9)	< 0.001^***
HIO^d	9	17.3	43	82.7	ref	-

Abbreviations: HC health care, UTH University Teaching Hospital, MoHP Ministry of Health and Population, HIO Health Insurance Organization, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
^aSatisfied or very satisfied
^bDissatisfied or very dissatisfied
^cInternists, general practitioners, and radiologists
^dReference category
^*P < 0.05
^***P < 0.001