Mean scores (95% CI) of practice staff for each of the 10 items on the Warr–Cook–Wall job satisfaction scale*
| WCW items | Physician (n=676) | Physician colleagues (n=305) | Non-physician staff (n=3011) | p Value† |
| 1. Amount of variety in job | 5.70 (5.60–5.79) | 5.59 (5.46–5.73) | 5.93 (5.89–5.97) | <0.001¶ |
| 2. Opportunity to use abilities | 5.36 (5.24–5.47) | 5.52 (5.38–5.67) | 5.82 (5.77–5.86) | <0.001‡ |
| 3. Freedom of working method | 5.67 (5.56–5.78) | 5.70 (5.56–5.84) | 5.82 (5.77–5.86) | 0.012§ |
| 4. Amount of responsibility | 5.62 (5.52–5.73) | 5.74 (5.61–5.87) | 5.92 (5.87–5.96) | <0.001¶ |
| 5. Physical working condition | 5.16 (5.04–5.27) | 5.40 (5.26–5.55) | 5.62 (5.57–5.67) | <0.001‡ |
| 6. Hours of work | 4.38 (4.26–4.51) | 4.82 (4.64–5.00) | 5.73 (5.68–5.78) | <0.001‡ |
| 7. Income | 4.36 (4.23–4.48) | 4.66 (4.49–4.83) | 4.77 (4.71–4.83) | <0.001‡ |
| 8. Recognition for work | 5.57 (5.48–5.67) | 5.57 (5.44–5.71) | 5.42 (5.37–5.48) | 0.015§ |
| 9. Colleagues and fellow workers | 5.98 (5.90–6.06) | 5.97 (5.86–6.07) | 6.17 (6.14–6.21) | <0.001¶ |
| 10. Overall job satisfaction | 5.55 (5.46–5.63) | 5.58 (5.47–5.70) | 5.94 (5.90–5.98) | <0.001¶ |
↵* Possible score for each item between 1 (extremely dissatisfied) and 7 (extremely satisfied).
↵† ANOVA including post hoc False Discovery Rate.
Statistical significances ‡between all three groups; §between physician and non-physician staff; ¶between physician/physician colleagues and non-physician staff.