An Umbrella Review of Determinants of General Practitioners’ Job Satisfaction

Introduction: general practitioners are considered as a main resource of any health system. the performance of general practitioners significantly affects public health. jon satisfaction is affected by numerous factors. the aim of the article is to synthetize the literature studying the factors associated with physician satisfaction. methods: two databases including scopus and pubmed were searched. primary research studies were included only if they reported on the provision of factors affect general practitioners’ job satisfaction. all studies except systematic reviews were also excluded. quality assessment of the systematic reviews included in the umbrella review evaluated by the assessing the methodological quality of systematic reviews tool checklist for systematic reviews. results: factors affecting physicians’ job satisfaction are divided in to five groups. personal factors: (health status, work family conflict, life satisfaction), demographic factors: (age, gender, marital status, race), practice factors: (years of experience, getting responsibility and recognition for work, patient characteristics, being a foreign/ internationally trained doctor)organizational factors,: (autonomy in the work, task delegation, working conditions, working hours, workload, diversity of work, relations and contact with colleagues, being involved in teaching medical students, administrative burdens, work environment, nonfinancial incentives, work engagement, hospital type and structure, management and leadership, opportunity for professional development, access to resources),financial and economic factors (payment methods income). physician satisfaction is a dynamic entity totally related to both personal-related and job and work-related factors. conclusion: this review supports the understanding of the factors influence job satisfaction as an essential factor leads to better health outcomes.