1Adult Health Nursing, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Nursing Department, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2Mental Health Nursing, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Nursing Department, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3Clinical Nursing Supervisor, Ranteesy Specialized Paediatric Hospital-Gaza-Palestine, Master of Public Health
4Health System Officer, World Health Organization-oPt
American Journal of Public Health Research.
2017,
Vol. 5 No. 1, 15-22
DOI: 10.12691/ajphr-5-1-4
Copyright © 2017 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Murad Alkhalaileh, Abd Al-Hadi Hasan, Naeem S Al-Kariri, Ali H Abu Ibaid. Assessing Patients’ Satisfaction with the Quality of Ophthalmic Services at Saint John Gaza Eye Clinic.
American Journal of Public Health Research. 2017; 5(1):15-22. doi: 10.12691/ajphr-5-1-4.
Correspondence to: Murad Alkhalaileh, Adult Health Nursing, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Nursing Department, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Email:
malkhalaileh@fakeeh.careAbstract
Objective: This study aimed to assess the patients' satisfaction with health services provided at Outpatients' ophthalmology clinic Department at Saint John Hospital. Methods: The design of this study is descriptive, analytical. 309 participants were recruited from the Outpatients' eye Department at Saint John Hospital. Results: Five dimensions of patients' satisfaction were considered in this study; namely, access to care, physical environment, patients' expectations, waiting time in addition to information and interaction. The overall patients' level of satisfaction was 63.9%. The patients' expectation dimension reported the highest level of satisfaction (68.1%), while, the waiting time dimension reported the lowest level of satisfaction (58.5%). The study illustrated important differences in satisfaction in relation to patients' socio-demographic characteristics, health status and organizational characteristics. Discussion: The study revealed that, there were statistically significant differences in the overall satisfaction with old patients, females, low educated, patients with low income and patients with chronic diseases are more satisfied than their counterparts. Conclusion: The study recommended that reducing the patients' time in the outpatient clinic, introducing improvement on existing physical environment of the department and improving the way of communication and interaction between health care providers and patients are important factors for improving the patients' level of satisfaction.
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