Patient's satisfaction and distress compared with expectations of the medical staff

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 118-125

  Langen, Ingrid ^a   Myhren, Hilde ^b   Ekeberg, Øivind ^b   Stokland, Olav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Communication; Depression; Distress; Expectations; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVALUATION; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748290249     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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