School-Age Children’s Satisfaction Regarding the Care Provided for them During their Period of Hospitalization | ||||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 25, Issue 4, December 2023, Page 50-63 PDF (521.13 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2023.344752 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Amal Ramadan Farouk Ramadan1; Wafaa Mahmoud Abd Elkader2; Doaa Khater Yassin3; Eman Arafa Badr3 | ||||
| 1Technical Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhur University | ||||
| 2Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| 3Pediatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| School-age children’s satisfaction regarding care provided during their hospitalization is very important to improve their health care outcomes. Objective: To identify the school-age children’s satisfaction regarding the care provided for them during their period of hospitalization. Research Design: A descriptive research design was used to accomplish this study. Settings: This study was carried out at three pediatric inpatient medical wards of Alexandria University Children’s Hospital at El-Shatby in Alexandria. Subjects: A convenient sample of 200 hospitalized school-age children, who ranged from 7 to 12 years and hospitalized for at least one week. Tools: Two tools were used to collect the necessary data and developed by the researchers. Tool one: “Children’s characteristics and clinical data record”. Tool two: “School-age children’s satisfaction regarding the care provided during their hospitalization structured interview schedule”. Results: The study findings showed that only 9% of hospitalized school-age children had a completely satisfied level of care provided during their hospitalization. Additionally, only 8.5% of the hospitalized school-age children had a completely satisfied level of physical care provided. Moreover, nineteen percent of hospitalized school-age children had a completely satisfied level concerning social care provided. Further, only twelve percent of hospitalized school-age children had a completely satisfied level of care concerning emotional care provided. Conclusion: Hospitalized school-age children had a low level of satisfaction regarding care provided. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| School-age children; Satisfaction; Care provided; Period of hospitalization | ||||
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