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Table 5 Association between hospital related factors and patient satisfaction (n = 206)

From: Patient satisfaction and their determinants in outpatient department of a tertiary public hospital in Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Unsatisfied

Satisfied

P-value

OR

95% CI

First visit

Yes

29 (56.9)

22 (43.1)

0.107

  

No

68 (43.9)

87 (56.1)

   

Knowledge of hospital

Friends/family

75 (44.1)

95 (55.9)

0.220

  

Newspaper/radio

6 (50.0)

6 (50.0)

   

Internet

7 (63.6)

4 (36.4)

   

Others (Self)

9 (69.2)

4 (30.8)

   

Main reason to visit

Good quality

41 (46.6)

47 (53.4)

0.020*

1.570

0.825–2.989

Near

11 (55.0)

9 (45.0)

   

Referred

9 (64.3)

5 (35.7)

   

Relatives’ suggestion

25 (35.7)

45 (64.3)

   

Others

11 (78.6)

3 (21.4)

   

Other HF before

Yes

46 (40.7)

67 (59.3)

0.043*

1.769

1.016–3.080

No

51 (54.8)

42 (45.2)

   

HF visited before (n=113)

Public

19 (37.3)

32 (62.7)

0.104

  

Private

27 (43.5)

35 (56.5)

   

Visit due to proximity

Yes

22 (44.9)

27 (55.1)

0.725

  

No

75 (47.8)

82 (52.2)

   

Waiting time

1 h and less

66 (47.5)

73 (52.5)

0.870

  

More than 1 h

31 (46.3)

36 (53.7)

   

OPD time

Yes

74 (41.3)

105 (58.7)

0.001**

8.159

2.709–24.576

No

23 (85.2)

4 (14.8)

   
  1. Figure in parenthesis shows percentage
  2. *p-value less than 0.05 at 5% level of significance
  3. **p-value less than 0.01 at 5% level of significance
  4. ***p-value less than or equal to 0.001 at 5% level of significance