Patients' perceptions of caring behaviors at referral hospitals in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine patients' perceptions of nurse caring behaviors and to identify factors associated with these perceptions.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted at three referral hospitals in Ethiopia. A consecutive sample of male and female patients (n = 652, response rate 98.8%) was interviewed using the Amharic version of the Caring Behaviors Inventory-16 (CBI-16, including four subscales: Assurance, Knowledge and skill, Respectful, and Connectedness) and the Patient Satisfaction Instrument (PSI). Socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with perceptions of caring behaviors were identified using multiple linear regression analysis.

Results

Patients' perceptions of nurse caring behaviors were high (total <

SUBMITTER: Ferede AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401340 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature