Adult Patients’ Satisfaction with Inpatient Nursing Care and Associated Factors in an Ethiopian Referral Hospital, Northeast, Ethiopia

Table 2

Percentage distribution of study participant’s satisfaction with nursing care by different factors, Dessie Referral Hospital, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia, April, 2013 ().

Variables	Frequency	Percentages
Admission ward
Medical	163	42.9
Surgical	120	31.6
Orthopedics	28	7.4
Gynecology	43	11.3
Ophthalmology	26	6.8
Class of admission
First	78	20.3
Second	302	79.7
Having another disease/chronic illness in addition to current health problem
Yes	89	23.4
No	291	76.6
Length of stay (nights)
7–14 nights	344	90.5
8–15 nights	28	7.4
16–30 nights	3	0.8
31–60 nights	5	1.3
History of previous admission
Yes	102	29
No	245	71
Self-reported current health condition
Poor	216	56.8
Good	164	48.2
Payment for the service
Yes	347	91.3
No	33	8.7
Assigned nurse
Yes	206	54.2
No	102	31.6
Not sure	54	14.2