J Korean Acad Nurs.  2002 Aug;32(4):506-518.

A study of the Nursing Service Quality and Satisfaction that Admitted Patients Perceived: being used SERVQUAL

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  • 1Department of Nursing,College of Medicine,Dongguk University, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study was performed to measure the nursing service quality being used SERVQUAL model and satisfaction that the admitted patients perceived. METHOD: The questionnaire founded on the SERVQUAL was developed and distributed to 300 patients at the three general hospitals in three provincial city, Korea. For data analysis, Cronbach's alpha frequencies, percentages, paired t-test, Pearson Correlation Coefficient were used. RESULT: In expectation, patients most highly perceived the assurance factor that was one among the 5 factors being constituted nursing service. In performance, patients most highly perceived the responsiveness factor. The performance degrees of the 5 factors and 20 attributes being constituted nursing service did not exceed the expectation degree of those. So the calculated figures for nursing service quality of the three subjected hospitals were all minus. In relation of the patients' demographics and nursing service characteristics to their general satisfaction, patients' sex, age, income and the all factors and attributes of nursing service had relation to their general satisfaction.
CONCLUSION
It could be concluded that the nursing service quality of the three subjected hospitals was poor and the patients' demographic and nursing service characteristics had relation to their general satisfaction.

Keyword

Hospital Nursing Service; Healthcare Quality; Access; Evaluation

MeSH Terms

Demography
Hospitals, General
Humans
Korea
Nursing Service, Hospital
Nursing Services*
Nursing*
Quality of Health Care
Surveys and Questionnaires
Statistics as Topic
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