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Factors affecting patient satisfaction in refugee health centers in Turkey

BACKGROUND: Turkey hosts an estimated 3.7 million Syrian refugees. Syrian refugees have access to free primary care provided through Refugee Health Centers(RHC). We aimed to determine factors that influence patient satisfaction in refugee health centers. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional quan...

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Autores principales: Zikusooka, Monica, Hanna, Radysh, Malaj, Altin, Ertem, Meliksah, Elci, Omur Cinar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36112570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274316
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author Zikusooka, Monica
Hanna, Radysh
Malaj, Altin
Ertem, Meliksah
Elci, Omur Cinar
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Hanna, Radysh
Malaj, Altin
Ertem, Meliksah
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description BACKGROUND: Turkey hosts an estimated 3.7 million Syrian refugees. Syrian refugees have access to free primary care provided through Refugee Health Centers(RHC). We aimed to determine factors that influence patient satisfaction in refugee health centers. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional quantitative study. A patient survey was administered among 4548 patients attending services in selected 16 provinces in Turkey. A quantitative questionnaire was used to collect information on patient satisfaction and experience in the healthcare facility. Information on “overall satisfaction with health services” was collected on a 5-point Likert scale and dichotomized for analysis. Logistic regression was conducted to identify factors that influenced patient satisfaction. RESULTS: We found that 78.2% of the participants were satisfied with the health services they received. Factors related to service quality and communication were significant determinants of patient satisfaction. The strongest predictors of satisfaction were having a sufficient consultation time (AOR: 2.37; 95% CI: 1.76–3.21; p< 0.0001), receiving a comprehensive examination (AOR: 2.01; 95% CI: 1.49–2.70; p < 0.0001) and being treated with respect by the nurse (AOR: 2.08; 95% CI: 1.52–2.85; p< 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Providing integrated, culturally and linguistically sensitive health services is important in refugee settings. The quality of service and communication with patients influence patient satisfaction in refugee health centers. As such, improvements in aspects such as consultation time and the quality of physician-patient interaction are recommended for patient satisfaction.
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spelling pubmed-94809932022-09-17 Factors affecting patient satisfaction in refugee health centers in Turkey Zikusooka, Monica Hanna, Radysh Malaj, Altin Ertem, Meliksah Elci, Omur Cinar PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Turkey hosts an estimated 3.7 million Syrian refugees. Syrian refugees have access to free primary care provided through Refugee Health Centers(RHC). We aimed to determine factors that influence patient satisfaction in refugee health centers. METHODS: The study was a cross-sectional quantitative study. A patient survey was administered among 4548 patients attending services in selected 16 provinces in Turkey. A quantitative questionnaire was used to collect information on patient satisfaction and experience in the healthcare facility. Information on “overall satisfaction with health services” was collected on a 5-point Likert scale and dichotomized for analysis. Logistic regression was conducted to identify factors that influenced patient satisfaction. RESULTS: We found that 78.2% of the participants were satisfied with the health services they received. Factors related to service quality and communication were significant determinants of patient satisfaction. The strongest predictors of satisfaction were having a sufficient consultation time (AOR: 2.37; 95% CI: 1.76–3.21; p< 0.0001), receiving a comprehensive examination (AOR: 2.01; 95% CI: 1.49–2.70; p < 0.0001) and being treated with respect by the nurse (AOR: 2.08; 95% CI: 1.52–2.85; p< 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Providing integrated, culturally and linguistically sensitive health services is important in refugee settings. The quality of service and communication with patients influence patient satisfaction in refugee health centers. As such, improvements in aspects such as consultation time and the quality of physician-patient interaction are recommended for patient satisfaction. Public Library of Science 2022-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9480993/ /pubmed/36112570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274316 Text en © 2022 Zikusooka et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ertem, Meliksah
Elci, Omur Cinar
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title_sort factors affecting patient satisfaction in refugee health centers in turkey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36112570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274316
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