Table 1.

Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis of patient satisfaction with nursing care

S. No	Author/s [reference]	Publication year	Study area, region	Health facility name	Study design	Instrument	Sample size	Proportion of satisfied patients % (95%CI)
1	Mulugeta M. et al. [44]	2014	Addis Ababa	Black Lion Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	374	90.1 (87.1,93.1)
2	Getachew G. et al. [43]	2016	Addis Ababa	Menelik Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	372	46.7 (41.6,51.8)
3	Solomon B. [41]	2009	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa Public Hospitals	Cross-sectional	NSNS	435	56.3 (51.6,61.0)
4	Bekele C. [42]	2005	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa Public Hospitals	Cross-sectional	NSNS	631	67.0 (63.3,70.7)
5	Melsew G. [19]	2017	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa Public Hospitals	Cross-sectional	NSNS	422	48.8 (44.0,53.6)
6	Melesse B. [52]	2016	Bahir Dar, Amhara	Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	236	44.9 (38.6,51.2)
7	Negash A. et al. [47]	2014	Bahir Dar, Amhara	Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	373	67.1 (62.3,71.9)
8	Sharew N. et al. [48]	2018	Debre Birhan, Amhara	Debre Birhan Referral Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	384	49.2 (44.2,54.2)
9	Alemu S. et al. [45]	2014	Debre Markos, Amhara	Debre Markos Referral Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	392	56.9 (52.0,61.9)
10	Haile E. et al. [46]	2016	Dessie, Amhara	Dessie Referral Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	374	52.5 (47.4,57.6)
11	Mensa M. et al. [28]	2017	Arba Minch, SNNP	Arba Minch General Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	236	40.9 (35.5,46.3)
12	Legesse M. et al. [53]	2016	Hawassa SNNP	Hawassa University Specialized Hospital	Cross-sectional	NSNS	406	47.0 (42.2,51.9)
13	Jiru T. et al. [50]	2017	Nagele Borena, Oromia	Nagele Borena And Adola General Hospital	Cross-sectional	IPSQ	413	55.9 (51.1,60.7)
14	Ahmed T. et al. [18]	2014	Harar, Harari	Public Hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	IPSQ	582	52.7 (48.6,56.8)
15	Molla T. [54]	2017	Mekelle, Tigray	Ayder Specialized Hospital	Cross-sectional	PPSNS	374	50.3 (45.2,55.4)