PATIENT SATISFACTION. CRITERION OF THE QUALITY OF NURSING SERVICES

Abstract

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DEVELOP A RELIABLE AND VALID INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH NURSING CARE IN HOSPITAL SETTING. A METHODOLOGICAL DESIGN WAS EMPLOYED AND THE MEASUREMENT WAS BASED ON THE NORM-REFERENCED THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND INCLUDED BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA (TRIANGULATION). THE STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN THREE STAGES : CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND CRITIQUE, PILOT STUDY (N=15, RANDOM, TWO MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS) AND FINAL TRYOUT(N=103, CONVENIENCE, SIX MEDICAL-SURGICAL DEPARTMENTS). FACTOR ANALYSIS REVEALED 6 FACTORS EXPLAINING THE 68,8% OF THE VARIABILITY OF TOTAL SATISFACTION WITH NURSING SERVICES. INTERNAL CONSISTENCY RELIABILITY FOR THE WHOLE SCALE WASA=0,94. OVERALL, THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE INSTRUMENT WERE SATISFACTORY BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR CONTINUOUS EVALUATION AND VERIFICATION OF OTHER STUDIES.

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DOI
10.12681/eadd/6204
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/6204
ND
6204
Alternative title
Η ΙΚΑΝΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΡΡΩΣΤΟΥ. ΚΡΙΤΗΡΙΟ ΠΟΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΝΟΣΗΛΕΥΤΙΚΩΝ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΩΝ
Author
Μερκούρης, Αναστάσιος (Πατρώνυμο: Βασίλειος)
Date
1996
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
ΣΠΑΡΟΣ ΛΟΥΚΑΣ
ΛΑΝΑΡΑ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ
ΜΟΝΟΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ
ΥΨΑΝΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ
ΜΑΝΤΑΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ
ΠΛΑΤΗ ΧΡΥΣΑΝΘΗ
ΛΕΜΟΝΙΔΟΥ ΧΡΥΣΟΥΛΑ
Discipline
Medical and Health SciencesHealth Sciences
Keywords
Instrumentation; Nursing; Patient satisfaction
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
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