Assessment of Patient Satisfaction with the Preoperative Anaesthetic Evaluation
Autor: | Saw Kian Cheah, Sy Lee, Aniza Ismail, Muhammad M |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Waiting time
Service (business) medicine.medical_specialty business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Independent predictor Likert scale 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient satisfaction 030202 anesthesiology Perioperative care Physical therapy Medicine business |
Zdroj: | Medicine & Health. 15:156-165 |
ISSN: | 2289-5728 |
Popis: | Preoperative anaesthetic evaluation is important in the perioperative care. The aim of the study was to evaluate the level of satisfaction and factors affecting patient satisfaction in the preanaesthetic clinic (PAC). A total of 304 patients who attended PAC for preoperative evaluation were recruited into this study. A bilanguage validated Patient Satisfaction Survey in English and Bahasa Malaysia with total questions of 18 examining non-provider factors (NPF) (facilities and appropriateness of waiting time) and provider factors (PF) (doctor, counter services, nurses and supporting staff) were utilized. The survey form was graded in a strongly agree/ disagree five-point Likert scale format for patients’ level of satisfaction. Overall satisfaction of preoperative evaluation was reported as 98.7% with mean scores from doctor (4.49 + 0.60), counter service (4.48 + 0.61), support staff (4.47 + 0.62) and the NPF (4.40 + 0.62), respectively. All factors were found to be significantly correlated with the overall patients’ satisfaction (p |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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