Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in Chennai, South India

Background: Patient satisfaction is currently accepted as an outcome criteria and standard instrument to gauge the quality of nursing care. The aim was to assess the level of patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive...

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Main Authors: Shanmugapriya Kannan, Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan, Manjula Annamalai
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
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Online Access:http://www.ijnmrjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-9066;year=2020;volume=25;issue=6;spage=471;epage=475;aulast=Kannan
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Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan
Manjula Annamalai
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Manjula Annamalai
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description Background: Patient satisfaction is currently accepted as an outcome criteria and standard instrument to gauge the quality of nursing care. The aim was to assess the level of patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 124 samples in medical wards of a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India in 2016. Convenience sampling technique was adopted. Self-administered “Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care Quality Questionnaire” (PSNCQQ) was used to collect data on the day of discharge. The analysis was done by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent t-test, and ANOVA. Results: Out of 124 participants, the level of satisfaction was excellent for 28.23%, very good for 58.06% and good for 13.71% with regards to overall quality of nursing care in medical wards. The mean (SD) value for overall patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality was 78.88 (4.84) out of 95 with the mean percentage of 83.03% which shows excellent patient satisfaction. The patients' perception component mean (SD) 18.35 (5.09) gained highest satisfaction than nurses' communication and nursing care components. The satisfaction of nursing care mean (SD) 46.46 (3.38) was higher than satisfaction of nurses' communication mean (SD) at 32.42 (2.57). Conclusions: The patients admitted and treated in medical wards were most satisfied with nursing care quality they received. The results showed that the communication component can be improved. There was no statistically significant association between patient satisfaction of nursing care quality and background variables.
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spelling doaj.art-eb1fc5726cb64e618c2f590c0a48ae072022-12-21T21:31:23ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research1735-90662020-01-0125647147510.4103/ijnmr.IJNMR_142_19Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in Chennai, South IndiaShanmugapriya KannanSeethalakshmi AvudaiappanManjula AnnamalaiBackground: Patient satisfaction is currently accepted as an outcome criteria and standard instrument to gauge the quality of nursing care. The aim was to assess the level of patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 124 samples in medical wards of a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India in 2016. Convenience sampling technique was adopted. Self-administered “Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care Quality Questionnaire” (PSNCQQ) was used to collect data on the day of discharge. The analysis was done by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent t-test, and ANOVA. Results: Out of 124 participants, the level of satisfaction was excellent for 28.23%, very good for 58.06% and good for 13.71% with regards to overall quality of nursing care in medical wards. The mean (SD) value for overall patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality was 78.88 (4.84) out of 95 with the mean percentage of 83.03% which shows excellent patient satisfaction. The patients' perception component mean (SD) 18.35 (5.09) gained highest satisfaction than nurses' communication and nursing care components. The satisfaction of nursing care mean (SD) 46.46 (3.38) was higher than satisfaction of nurses' communication mean (SD) at 32.42 (2.57). Conclusions: The patients admitted and treated in medical wards were most satisfied with nursing care quality they received. The results showed that the communication component can be improved. There was no statistically significant association between patient satisfaction of nursing care quality and background variables.http://www.ijnmrjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-9066;year=2020;volume=25;issue=6;spage=471;epage=475;aulast=Kannanindianursingnursing carepatient satisfaction
spellingShingle Shanmugapriya Kannan
Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan
Manjula Annamalai
Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in Chennai, South India
Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
india
nursing
nursing care
patient satisfaction
title Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in Chennai, South India
title_full Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in Chennai, South India
title_fullStr Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in Chennai, South India
title_full_unstemmed Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in Chennai, South India
title_short Patients' satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in Chennai, South India
title_sort patients satisfaction with nursing care quality in medical wards at selected hospital in chennai south india
topic india
nursing
nursing care
patient satisfaction
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