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. 2014 Jan 31;17:76. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.17.76.3189

Table 2.

Mothers level of satisfaction towards perinatal care (n=423)

Variables Completely satisfied (%) Satisfied (%) Mean satisfaction score*
Health care
Time spent with provider 21.0 71.9 4.08
Medical care received today 8.3 80.1 3.90
Care received from Nurse 11.8 81.6 4.02
Waiting time to see provider 35.5 52.7 4.14
Pain control 2.4 15.6 2.33
Health workers communication
Provider explained your condition 4.5 62.4 3.45
Provider explained about drug 0.7 24.6 2.44
Provider listens to your worries 26.0 62.6 4.06
Nurse listens to your worries 20.3 69.7 4.04
Information about procedure & exam 0.9 45.4 3.02
Information at discharge 10.4 50.1 3.32
Health workers attitude
Courtesy, respect by Doctor 41.6 48.2 4.23
Courtesy, respect by nurse 40.7 50.1 4.24
The way staff treated you 10.2 75.7 3.86
The way staff treated family or companion 10.9 74.5 3.85
Acceptance of opinion by staff 6.9 83.5 3.90
Environment
Amount of freedom in the ward 40.2 57.9 4.37
Amount of privacy in the ward 9.2 69.7 3.70
Quality of meal 3.3 59.6 3.49
Facility cleanliness 3.8 64.1 3.43
*

The satisfaction score was computed with scores as follows: Completely satisfied = 5; Satisfied = 4; Neutral = 3; Dissatisfied = 2; completely dissatisfied = 1.