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Satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a Spanish tertiary care hospital
OBJECTIVE: Although numerous studies have assessed patient satisfaction in diverse settings, in the realm of nursing surgical care, standardization of measurement for patient experience and satisfaction is lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the satisfaction of surgical patients...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574305 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312118818304 |
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author | Sillero Sillero, Amalia Zabalegui, Adelaida |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Although numerous studies have assessed patient satisfaction in diverse settings, in the realm of nursing surgical care, standardization of measurement for patient experience and satisfaction is lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care. METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted. Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical data were recorded. Patient satisfaction was measured with a modified version of the La Monica–Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale (LOPSS-12). RESULTS: 150 patients (73 women, 49% and 77 men; 51%) completed the survey. The mean age was 63 years (standard deviation, 16 years). The mean overall satisfaction score on the La Monica–Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale was 3.17 (standard deviation, 0.21). The scale showed adequate content validity (Lawshe’s Content Validity Index was 0.76) and moderate reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.70). Two variables—patient sex and the presence of comorbidities—were significantly associated with overall satisfaction: men and patients with comorbidities were more satisfied with the care received. Patients with university studies were significantly more likely than patients with less education to consider nurses “impatient,” but also considered the nurses’ advice to be “useful.” Patients with hospital-acquired complications were more likely to perceive nurses to be “more interested in completing tasks than in listening,” although they also felt that nurses worked “conscientiously.” CONCLUSION: Overall, patient satisfaction with perioperative nursing care was good. This study identified several areas of nursing care in need of improvement, particularly the need to spend more time with patients and to keep them better informed about the perioperative process. The modified La Monica–Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale is suitable for measuring surgical patient satisfaction with perioperative nursing care. The findings presented here may be of value to nursing administrators, educators, and nursing care providers to improve patient satisfaction and to develop strategies to prevent patient dissatisfaction. |
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spelling | pubmed-62957592018-12-20 Satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a Spanish tertiary care hospital Sillero Sillero, Amalia Zabalegui, Adelaida SAGE Open Med Original Article OBJECTIVE: Although numerous studies have assessed patient satisfaction in diverse settings, in the realm of nursing surgical care, standardization of measurement for patient experience and satisfaction is lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care. METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted. Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical data were recorded. Patient satisfaction was measured with a modified version of the La Monica–Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale (LOPSS-12). RESULTS: 150 patients (73 women, 49% and 77 men; 51%) completed the survey. The mean age was 63 years (standard deviation, 16 years). The mean overall satisfaction score on the La Monica–Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale was 3.17 (standard deviation, 0.21). The scale showed adequate content validity (Lawshe’s Content Validity Index was 0.76) and moderate reliability (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.70). Two variables—patient sex and the presence of comorbidities—were significantly associated with overall satisfaction: men and patients with comorbidities were more satisfied with the care received. Patients with university studies were significantly more likely than patients with less education to consider nurses “impatient,” but also considered the nurses’ advice to be “useful.” Patients with hospital-acquired complications were more likely to perceive nurses to be “more interested in completing tasks than in listening,” although they also felt that nurses worked “conscientiously.” CONCLUSION: Overall, patient satisfaction with perioperative nursing care was good. This study identified several areas of nursing care in need of improvement, particularly the need to spend more time with patients and to keep them better informed about the perioperative process. The modified La Monica–Oberst Patient Satisfaction Scale is suitable for measuring surgical patient satisfaction with perioperative nursing care. The findings presented here may be of value to nursing administrators, educators, and nursing care providers to improve patient satisfaction and to develop strategies to prevent patient dissatisfaction. SAGE Publications 2018-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6295759/ /pubmed/30574305 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312118818304 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sillero Sillero, Amalia Zabalegui, Adelaida Satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a Spanish tertiary care hospital |
title | Satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a Spanish tertiary care hospital |
title_full | Satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a Spanish tertiary care hospital |
title_fullStr | Satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a Spanish tertiary care hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | Satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a Spanish tertiary care hospital |
title_short | Satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a Spanish tertiary care hospital |
title_sort | satisfaction of surgical patients with perioperative nursing care in a spanish tertiary care hospital |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574305 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312118818304 |
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