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Assessment of Emergency Department Satisfaction Level in Saudi Arabia General Hospital
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An overcrowded emergency department (ED) cannot meet the patients’ growing demand. This situation harms employees’ performance and, alternatively, causes anxiety and dissatisfaction among patients since the quality of healthcare outcomes fall below their expectations. This...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8846224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35261581 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_285_21 |
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author | Al-Wathinani, Ahmed M. Aldawsari, Saad Alhallaf, Mohammed Alotaibi, Yousef Alrazeeni, Dhaifallah Ageli, Mohammed M. Villanueva, Charles A. Albaqami, Nawaf |
author_facet | Al-Wathinani, Ahmed M. Aldawsari, Saad Alhallaf, Mohammed Alotaibi, Yousef Alrazeeni, Dhaifallah Ageli, Mohammed M. Villanueva, Charles A. Albaqami, Nawaf |
author_sort | Al-Wathinani, Ahmed M. |
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description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An overcrowded emergency department (ED) cannot meet the patients’ growing demand. This situation harms employees’ performance and, alternatively, causes anxiety and dissatisfaction among patients since the quality of healthcare outcomes fall below their expectations. This study aimed at improving and validating a scale for assessing patient satisfaction in the ED. METHODS: In this study, 134 participants from Wadi Al-Dawasir General Hospital were enrolled using a convenient sampling technique. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using 5-point Likert scales. RESULTS: All tested hypotheses showed statistical significance (P < 0.05). Our results show that male employees were more satisfied compared with their female counterparts. Furthermore, Saudi employees were more satisfied with the health services than non-Saudi ones. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study brought to the fore that patients and their families were satisfied with the healthcare services and their quality. This means better service delivery played a crucial role in enhancing satisfaction levels. Nevertheless, this study also highlights that overcrowding is a significant problem for healthcare organizations. Wadi al-Dawasir General Hospital's ED should continually improve its quality to meet the growing needs of its clients. |
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spelling | pubmed-88462242022-03-07 Assessment of Emergency Department Satisfaction Level in Saudi Arabia General Hospital Al-Wathinani, Ahmed M. Aldawsari, Saad Alhallaf, Mohammed Alotaibi, Yousef Alrazeeni, Dhaifallah Ageli, Mohammed M. Villanueva, Charles A. Albaqami, Nawaf Saudi J Anaesth Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An overcrowded emergency department (ED) cannot meet the patients’ growing demand. This situation harms employees’ performance and, alternatively, causes anxiety and dissatisfaction among patients since the quality of healthcare outcomes fall below their expectations. This study aimed at improving and validating a scale for assessing patient satisfaction in the ED. METHODS: In this study, 134 participants from Wadi Al-Dawasir General Hospital were enrolled using a convenient sampling technique. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using 5-point Likert scales. RESULTS: All tested hypotheses showed statistical significance (P < 0.05). Our results show that male employees were more satisfied compared with their female counterparts. Furthermore, Saudi employees were more satisfied with the health services than non-Saudi ones. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study brought to the fore that patients and their families were satisfied with the healthcare services and their quality. This means better service delivery played a crucial role in enhancing satisfaction levels. Nevertheless, this study also highlights that overcrowding is a significant problem for healthcare organizations. Wadi al-Dawasir General Hospital's ED should continually improve its quality to meet the growing needs of its clients. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8846224/ /pubmed/35261581 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_285_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Saudi Journal of Anesthesia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Al-Wathinani, Ahmed M. Aldawsari, Saad Alhallaf, Mohammed Alotaibi, Yousef Alrazeeni, Dhaifallah Ageli, Mohammed M. Villanueva, Charles A. Albaqami, Nawaf Assessment of Emergency Department Satisfaction Level in Saudi Arabia General Hospital |
title | Assessment of Emergency Department Satisfaction Level in Saudi Arabia General Hospital |
title_full | Assessment of Emergency Department Satisfaction Level in Saudi Arabia General Hospital |
title_fullStr | Assessment of Emergency Department Satisfaction Level in Saudi Arabia General Hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Emergency Department Satisfaction Level in Saudi Arabia General Hospital |
title_short | Assessment of Emergency Department Satisfaction Level in Saudi Arabia General Hospital |
title_sort | assessment of emergency department satisfaction level in saudi arabia general hospital |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8846224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35261581 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_285_21 |
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