Factor Analysis that Forms a Medical and Social Portrait of a Modern Outpatient Doctor

Abstract

Introduction. The article presents the results of a sociological study that involved a questionnaire survey of health workers. Data collection was conducted using a researcher-designed questionnaire that included various question blocks addressing personal and professional aspects of the participants' lives. These encompassed areas such as the medical activities of respondents (including medical literacy, hygiene practices, frequency of consultations with medical specialists, overall health status, morbidity, and presence of chronic diseases), workplace factors and conditions, inquiries about the socio-psychological climate within their professional environments, assessments of respondents’ health, and questions regarding risk factors for the development of chronic non-communicable diseases. Through a combination of factor analysis, the authors have formed a medical and social portrait of a modern doctor providing primary health care in city polyclinics in Moscow and the Moscow region.

Purpose. To form a medical and social portrait of a modern city polyclinic physician.

Materials and Methods. The respondents in the study were doctors (n = 400) who provide primary health care to the population of Moscow and the Moscow region in city polyclinics. The research employs several methodologies, including sociological, statistical, and analytical approaches.

Results. The authors present a medical and social portrait of a modern doctor in the outpatient health sector.