background: occupational stress takes place in relationship between person and environment. it’s created by three major factors including characteristics personal, working conditions, relationships between them. stress is caused by psychological imbalances and has different outcomes on health. this study examined the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction in health care staff. met...

OBJECTIVE To compare patient-satisfaction, scar-pain and cosmesis between laparoscopic and open-cholecystectomy. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, from August 2012 to May 2014. METHODOLOGY A total of 400 patients, who had undergone open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy in all units of the Surgical Department, were included....

BACKGROUND To improve multi-disciplinary care in pregnancy, a gastrointesintal (GI) disorders in pregnancy clinic was created. Patient and referring provider satisfaction with this service was assessed. METHODS The first 100 patients and their referring providers were surveyed. Survey scores >3 on a 5-point Likert scale were considered favorable. Descriptive statistics were calculated and ope...

We examined whether the relations of consistency between ideal standards and perceptions of a current romantic partner with partner acceptance and relationship satisfaction level off, or decelerate, above a threshold. We tested our hypothesis using a 3-year longitudinal data set collected from heterosexual newlywed couples. We used two indicators of consistency: pattern correspondence (within-p...

BACKGROUND This was a double-blinded, prospective randomized controlled trial to compare the postoperative analgesia, side effects profile and overall satisfaction in patients who received intrathecal fentanyl with or without morphine for elective Caesarean. METHODS Sixty ASA I and II parturients were randomized into two groups. Group I received intrathecal fentanyl with 0.1 mg morphine and G...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hip resurfacing arthroplasty (RHA) is done in patients who often have a high preference for the method. This preference can influence the clinical outcome and satisfaction. We evaluated the potential influence of this preference bias. PATIENTS AND METHODS From an ongoing randomized trial comparing RHA with total hip arthroplasty, 28 consecutive patients (28 hips) who ha...

BACKGROUND The transumbilical breast augmentation procedure has been described in the literature since 1993. This indirect route for implant placement has received both criticism and praise over the years, without a comprehensive assessment of the procedure from the perspective of the patient. The growing patient demand for the procedure, combined with the increased use by surgeons, prompts a r...

This study examined the general and system-related predictors of outpatient satisfaction with tertiary health care institutions in Korea. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was employed. The subjects were 1,194 outpatients recruited from 29 outpatient clinics of a university medical center in Korea. Measurements included 5 outpatient service domains (i.e., doctor service, nurse service,...

BACKGROUND Research on quality and satisfaction with care during palliative chemotherapy in oncology patients has been limited. The objective was to assess the association between patient's satisfaction with care and symptom severity and to evaluate test-retest of a satisfaction survey in this study population. METHODS A prospective cohort of patients with recurrent gynecologic malignancies r...