Korean J Child Health Nurs.  2005 Jul;11(3):273-281.

Parent Satisfaction with Inpatient Hospital Services in Children's Hospitals

• Jeong YS
• Kim JS

Abstract

PURPOSE
S: The purposes of this study were to evaluate parent satisfaction with inpatient hospital services in children's hospitals and to identify variables related to parent satisfaction. METHOD: A descriptive correlation study was conducted. Parents of 165 children who were inpatients in two children's hospitals participated in the study. Data were collected using structured questionnaire at the time of discharge. For statistical analysis, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation analysis were used. RESULTS: The highest parent satisfaction domain was nursing service, and the lowest parent satisfaction domain was hospital service and accommodations. Parents were less likely to be satisfied with hospital facilities, equipment, noise and cleaning and less likely to be satisfied with the lack of information they received and with the lack of communication with health care professionals. Parents with longer length of stay and with older children reported higher satisfaction than their counterparts. Moreover, parent satisfaction was related to their intention to revisit and related to intention to recommend this surveyed hospital over others. CONCLUSIONS: Efforts to improve parent satisfaction in children's hospital service and accommodation are needed to improve the quality of health care. Communication by health care professionals with parents and a partnership between parents and health care professionals are necessary to improve quality of care.

MeSH Terms

Child
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Inpatients*
Intention
Length of Stay
Noise
Nursing Services
Parents*
Quality of Health Care
Statistics as Topic
Child Health
Surveys and Questionnaires