Affecting factors and relationship between patients' attitudes towards the nursing profession and perceptions of nursing care in a university hospital
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2017
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Objective: To evaluate affecting factors and the relationship between patients' attitudes towards the nursing profession and perceptions of nursing care. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Hafsa Sultan Hospital of Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey, from September to November 2014, and comprised inpatients. Data was collected by using a patient information form, the attitude scale for the nursing profession and the patient perception of hospital experience with nursing care scale. SPSS 21 was used for data analysis. Results: Of the 604 participants, 320(53%) were female and 266(44%) were aged 60 years or above. Mean satisfaction level on the patient perception scale was 70.79±6.69, and on the attitude scale 176.77±11.63. A positive, statistically significant relationship was found between the two scores (p< 0.01). It was detected that the age for patient perception of nursing care, and gender and education level for patients' attitudes towards the nursing profession were the affecting factors (p<0.05 each). Conclusion: Nursing care satisfaction and positive attitudes towards the nursing profession increased while patients' perceptions of nursing care improved. © 2017, Pakistan Medical Association. All rights reserved.
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Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Attitude to Health , Cross-Sectional Studies , Economic Status , Educational Status , Employment , Female , Hospitalization , Hospitals, University , Humans , Inpatients , Male , Middle Aged , Nursing , Nursing Care , Patient Satisfaction , Regression Analysis , Residence Characteristics , Sex Factors , Turkey , adult , attitude scale , cross-sectional study , data analysis software , female , gender , hospital patient , human , major clinical study , male , middle aged , nurse , nursing care , occupation , patient information , perception , satisfaction , Turkey (republic) , university hospital , age , aged , attitude to health , demography , educational status , employment , hospital patient , hospitalization , nursing , patient satisfaction , regression analysis , sex factor , statistics and numerical data , turkey (bird) , university hospital