Patient satisfaction with the physiotherapy service in an intensive care unit

South African Journal of Physiotherapy

 
 
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Title Patient satisfaction with the physiotherapy service in an intensive care unit
 
Creator Stiller, K. Wiles, L.
 
Subject — physiotherapy; patient satisfaction; intensive care unit
Description Patient satisfaction with physiotherapy treatment is animportant outcome measure that is often overlooked.  The aim of thisquality assurance activity was to assess patients’ satisfaction with thephysiotherapy service provided in an intensive care unit (ICU).  A question-naire evaluating factors pertaining to patient satisfaction was specificallydesigned for use in this study.  Questionnaires were distributed to patientswho had spent a minimum of two weeks in the Royal Adelaide HospitalICU, within a few days of transfer to a general ward.  Thirty five patientscompleted the questionnaire over the 15 month study period.  Respondentsreported a high degree of satisfaction with the personal characteristics ofthe physiotherapists seen and the physiotherapy service provided in ICU.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2008-01-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format application/pdf application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajp.v64i1.100
 
Source South African Journal of Physiotherapy; Vol 64, No 1 (2008); 43-46 2410-8219 0379-6175
 
Language eng
 
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https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/100/97 https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/100/535
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2008 K. Stiller, L. Wiles https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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