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General patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications
BACKGROUND: Patient’s satisfaction has been regarded as a subjective reflection of the quality of care received by patients during their hospital stay. However, which factors may influence patient satisfaction in different healthcare settings needs to be determined. METHODS: Cross-sectional investig...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330326/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32642112 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-19-3345b |
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author | Cairns, Alexander Battleday, Finn McLennan Velikova, Galina Brunelli, Alessandro Bell, Heather Favo, Joel Patella, Miriam Lindner, Oana Pompili, Cecilia |
author_facet | Cairns, Alexander Battleday, Finn McLennan Velikova, Galina Brunelli, Alessandro Bell, Heather Favo, Joel Patella, Miriam Lindner, Oana Pompili, Cecilia |
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description | BACKGROUND: Patient’s satisfaction has been regarded as a subjective reflection of the quality of care received by patients during their hospital stay. However, which factors may influence patient satisfaction in different healthcare settings needs to be determined. METHODS: Cross-sectional investigation of satisfaction at the time of discharge in 52 consecutive patients admitted in a UK Referral Centre for Thoracic Surgery for either elective (41 patients) or acute (11 patients) procedures. We evaluated patients’ satisfaction with the inpatient service through the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer IN-PATSAT32 standardised questionnaire. Major cardiopulmonary complications were defined according to the definition of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database. We focused on the General Patient Satisfaction Scale of the questionnaire to explore its relationship with several demographic and clinical factors. Relationships were tested using univariate regression analyses. RESULTS: General inpatient satisfaction was lower in patients with complications rather than those without (P=0.006) and in males rather than females (P=0.04). Living area, sex, and complications explained 22% of the variation in general inpatient satisfaction (P=0.006). CONCLUSIONS: Regardless of the diagnosis, post-operative complications were associated with a lower patient satisfaction following thoracic surgery in our group of patients. This was particularly so for males and patients from rural areas. Research should focus on different clinical groups in our speciality to determine the specific strategies warranted to improve their quality of care and hence increase their satisfaction with inpatient services. |
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spelling | pubmed-73303262020-07-07 General patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications Cairns, Alexander Battleday, Finn McLennan Velikova, Galina Brunelli, Alessandro Bell, Heather Favo, Joel Patella, Miriam Lindner, Oana Pompili, Cecilia J Thorac Dis Original Article BACKGROUND: Patient’s satisfaction has been regarded as a subjective reflection of the quality of care received by patients during their hospital stay. However, which factors may influence patient satisfaction in different healthcare settings needs to be determined. METHODS: Cross-sectional investigation of satisfaction at the time of discharge in 52 consecutive patients admitted in a UK Referral Centre for Thoracic Surgery for either elective (41 patients) or acute (11 patients) procedures. We evaluated patients’ satisfaction with the inpatient service through the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer IN-PATSAT32 standardised questionnaire. Major cardiopulmonary complications were defined according to the definition of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database. We focused on the General Patient Satisfaction Scale of the questionnaire to explore its relationship with several demographic and clinical factors. Relationships were tested using univariate regression analyses. RESULTS: General inpatient satisfaction was lower in patients with complications rather than those without (P=0.006) and in males rather than females (P=0.04). Living area, sex, and complications explained 22% of the variation in general inpatient satisfaction (P=0.006). CONCLUSIONS: Regardless of the diagnosis, post-operative complications were associated with a lower patient satisfaction following thoracic surgery in our group of patients. This was particularly so for males and patients from rural areas. Research should focus on different clinical groups in our speciality to determine the specific strategies warranted to improve their quality of care and hence increase their satisfaction with inpatient services. AME Publishing Company 2020-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7330326/ /pubmed/32642112 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-19-3345b Text en 2020 Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Open Access Statement: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits the non-commercial replication and distribution of the article with the strict proviso that no changes or edits are made and the original work is properly cited (including links to both the formal publication through the relevant DOI and the license). See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Cairns, Alexander Battleday, Finn McLennan Velikova, Galina Brunelli, Alessandro Bell, Heather Favo, Joel Patella, Miriam Lindner, Oana Pompili, Cecilia General patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications |
title | General patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications |
title_full | General patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications |
title_fullStr | General patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications |
title_full_unstemmed | General patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications |
title_short | General patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications |
title_sort | general patient satisfaction after elective and acute thoracic surgery is associated with postoperative complications |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330326/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32642112 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-19-3345b |
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