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Patient Satisfaction with Pain and Palliative Care Services in Kerala
The main objective of the study is to analyze the patient satisfaction with Pain and Palliative Care services in Kerala. Materials and Methods The respondents of the study include Pain and Palliative care patients in the State of Kerala. The sample consisted of 871 patients comprising of 471 males a...
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International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
2014
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/006153.pdf |
| Summary: | The main objective of the study is to analyze the patient satisfaction with Pain and Palliative
Care services in Kerala.
Materials and Methods
The respondents of the study include Pain and Palliative care patients in the State of Kerala. The
sample consisted of 871 patients comprising of 471 males and 400 females. The data collected
were suitably classified and analyzed keeping in view the objectives of the study. For the
purpose of analysis, statistical tools like averages, percentages, rank test and Pearson‟s Chi
Square test were applied.
Results
Most of the male and female patients got the services of doctors, nurses and volunteers and were
either highly satisfied or satisfied with the services of the doctors, nurses, volunteers and in the
present medical treatment. The hope of male patients could be maintained/ strengthened through
palliative care treatment and female patients experience a „Feeling of independence‟ after
undergoing palliative care treatment. All the patients needed improvement in the services of the
doctors and male patients needed an increase in the frequency of volunteer‟s visit whereas the
female patients required an increase in the frequency nurse‟s visit. |
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| Physical Description: | Volume 4, Issue 3 |