A LOOK AT EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA SHOWS HOW METHODS FOR CHANGE AFFECT THE HAPPINESS OF PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS.A LOOK AT EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA SHOWS HOW METHODS FOR CHANGE AFFECT THE HAPPINESS OF PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS
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From behind the scenes The Health Sector Transformation Programme (HSTP), which is part of the Saudi Arabian Vision 2030, is a long-term plan to improve the quality, affordability, and accessibility of healthcare by putting the patient first. The government has been teaching Primary Healthcare (PHC) centres about patient-centered care so that they can reach this goal. This is because the government knows that doctors need to connect with their patients in order to make good choices. This is why it's very important to find out how organisational factors impact the quality of care and how pleased workers are with the services they offer. This is the first in-depth look at how satisfied basic healthcare workers are with their jobs in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia. The study looks into whether there is a link between how happy PHC workers are with their jobs and the work they do. How it does its job: A quantitative cross-sectional method was used for this work. To get the information, a different version of the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) was used. There were three more groups added to the first survey. There are now questions about general traits in the poll tool as well. For single analysis, rates and percentages were used to look at the data. To compare two groups, t-tests were used, and for bivariate analysis, ANOVA was used to see how interactions between more than two groups worked. At the end, There were 143 PHC doctors who took part in this study. People who answered said they were very happy 48% of the time. That leaves 50% who were either not happy or neutral. 17% (N=94) of PHC providers said they were very satisfied with their advice. Different rewards, on the other hand, made them unhappy (3%, N=15). Statistically, there was a big difference (p-value < 0.001) between the job satisfaction scores (mean (SD)=101.64 (16.209) and the desire to leave the job (yes, no). There were also strong connections (p-value < 0.05) between general traits and specific factors like coworkers, chances to move up, responsibility, job duties, working processes, and communication. In the end, the main findings of this study show that people who worked in primary health care centres in the Eastern region were very happy with their jobs. This includes both taking care of people and watching over them. It did show, though, that many parts of PHC workers' jobs need to be reorganised on purpose. Some things that need to be changed are communication and variable pay. Other than that, there was a strong link between the desire to quit the job and the job satisfaction number. Policymakers and the Ministry of Health can use the study's results to create an employee engagement and happiness plan that will track how happy PHC providers are with their jobs.
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