Journal
NURSING ETHICS
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 167-177Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009355377
Keywords
emergency department; patient privacy; patient satisfaction; treatment team
Funding
- Tehran Medical Science University
Ask authors/readers for more resources
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.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available