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Patients' privacy and satisfaction in the emergency department: a descriptive analytical study
Nahid Dehghan Nayeri1, Mohammad Aghajani
1Tehran Medical Science University Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tehran, Iran. nahid.nayeri@gmail.com
Abstract:
Respecting privacy and patients' satisfaction are amongst the main indicators of quality of care and one of the basic goals of health services. This study, carried out in 2007, aimed to investigate the extent to which patient privacy is observed and its correlation with patient satisfaction in three emergency departments of Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran. Questionnaire data were collected from a convenience sample of 360 patients admitted to emergency departments and analysed using SPSS software. The results indicated that, according to 50.6% of the patients, the extent to which their privacy was respected was described as either 'weak' or 'average'. Spearman's coefficient indicated a significant correlation between respecting privacy and the patients' satisfaction about the various aspects of privacy studied. Considering the levels of privacy observed together with the patients' degree of satisfaction, it is imperative that clinical professionals address both aspects from conceptual and practical viewpoints.
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