Are midwives in the Netherlands satisfied with their jobs? A systematic examination of satisfaction levels among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands ...

Abstract Background Job satisfaction is generally considered to be an important element of work quality and workplace relations. Little is known about levels of job satisfaction among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands. Proposed changes to the maternity care system in the Netherlands should consider how the working conditions of midwives affect their job satisfaction. Aim We aimed to measure and compare job satisfaction among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands. Methods Online survey of all practising midwives in the Netherlands using a validated measure of... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Cronie, Doug
Perdok, Hilde
Verhoeven, Corine
Jans, Suze
Hermus, Marieke
Vries, Raymond
Rijnders, Marlies
Dokumenttyp: Datenquelle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: figshare
Schlagwörter: Medicine / Sociology / FOS: Sociology / Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Sprache: unknown
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4738658

Abstract Background Job satisfaction is generally considered to be an important element of work quality and workplace relations. Little is known about levels of job satisfaction among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands. Proposed changes to the maternity care system in the Netherlands should consider how the working conditions of midwives affect their job satisfaction. Aim We aimed to measure and compare job satisfaction among hospital and primary-care midwives in the Netherlands. Methods Online survey of all practising midwives in the Netherlands using a validated measure of job satisfaction (the Leiden Quality of Work Questionnaire) to analyze the attitudes of hospital and primary-care midwives about their work. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to assess differences between the two groups. Results Approximately one in six of all practising midwives in the Netherlands responded to our survey (hospital midwives n = 103, primary-care midwives n = 405). All midwives in our ...