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Patient satisfaction as an outcome of individualised nursing care
Author(s) -
Suhonen Riitta,
Papastavrou Evridiki,
Efstathiou Georgios,
Tsangari Haritini,
Jarosova Darja,
LeinoKilpi Helena,
Patiraki Elisabeth,
Karlou Chryssoula,
Balogh Zoltan,
Merkouris Anastasios
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00943.x
Subject(s) - medicine , patient satisfaction , nursing care , scale (ratio) , nursing , descriptive statistics , association (psychology) , family medicine , psychology , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist
Scand J Caring Sci; 2012; 26; 372–380 Patient satisfaction as an outcome of individualised nursing care Background: The association between individualised nursing care and patient satisfaction has been previously found. However, there is a lack of studies examining this association between individualised care and patient satisfaction in a cross‐cultural study. Aims: This study examines the association between individualised care and patient satisfaction in a sample of general surgical patients from five European countries. Methods: A cross‐sectional design and survey method were used to collect data from general surgical patients (N = 1315, response rate 78%) in 72 inpatient wards in 26 general acute hospitals’ in 2009 using self‐completed questionnaires the Individualised Care Scale and the Patient Satisfaction Scale. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple stepwise regression analyses. Results: Surgical patients reported that the care they received was only moderately individualised overall, but individuality was taken into account well in patients’ clinical situation and decisional control over care. Patients were satisfied with their care, mostly with the technical aspects of care and least with the information given. There were between‐country differences in patients’ perceptions of individuality in care and patient satisfaction. A positive correlation between the level of individualised care received and patient satisfaction was found, confirming that individualised nursing care delivery influences patients’ satisfaction with care and demonstrating that this quality of care indicator might be able to be used as a predictor of patient satisfaction, one outcome of care. Conclusion: The findings of this study strengthen previous results and further reporting the existence of a relationship and the positive correlation between individualised care and patient satisfaction. The results can inform administrative decisions and policy on introducing nursing approaches to care that would increase patient satisfaction.