Calidad de vida profesional de los trabajadores de atención primaria del área 10 de Madrid

Abstract

Objective: to know the professional quality of life (PQL) perceived by the workers of Primary Health Care of our area of health, identifying the main components of the same one. Design: cross-sectional descriptive study. Material and methods: setting: Primary Health Care. Area 10. Madrid. Subjects: all the professionals of Primary Health Care (n=419). Measurements: self administrated anonymous survey that includes the PQL-35 questionnaire, in addition to demographic and labour variables. Results: answer rate: 57,5%. Average age: 39 ± 7 years; women: 172 (71,4%); staff: 116 (48,1%); morning turn: 121 (50,2%); average antiquity: 12 ± 7 years. Mean PQL: 5,2 ± 1,8. Item less valued was "possibility of promotion" (2,34 ± 1,57) and "conflicts with other people" (3,38 ± 2,16). Item more valued was "I am enabled to make my work" (8,38 ± 1,27) and "excess of work" (8,19 ± 1,28). The perception of the PQL is significantly smaller between the medical personnel who in the rest of professionals (p<0,05). We did not find differences when analysing the PQL by the rest of variables. Conclusions: we found a mean level of PQL between the workers of our area, although the valuation is worse between the doctors. One perceives excessive service load and few resources contributed by the organisation.