Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that racial differences in satisfaction can be found among OB/GYN patients on a US naval base. Methods: Cross-sectional surveys assessing satisfaction with services were obtained from 838 patients who were seen in one of the two general OB/GYN clinics (455 in the base hospital clinic and 391 in a satellite clinic). Multiple logisti...

Partial constraint satisfaction [5] was widely studied in the 90’s, and notably Max-CSP solving algorithms [21, 20, 1, 10]. These algorithms compute a lower bound of violated constraints without using propagation. Therefore, recent methods focus on the exploitation of propagation mechanisms to improve the solving process. Soft arc-consistency algorithms [11, 18, 19] propagate inconsistency coun...

INTRODUCTION The satisfaction level with health care reflects the quality of care from the patient's perspective. The aim of this study is to assess patient satisfaction with anesthesia care in a Portuguese general hospital by using the "The Heidelberg Peri-anaesthetic Questionnaire". MATERIAL AND METHODS The questionnaire was translated and tested based on psychometric quality criteria in a ...

BACKGROUND Human resource in health system especially in developing countries has main role in health promotion. Therefore their satisfaction and motivation are the key points in developing health system. OBJECTIVE To determine the motivation and satisfaction of general physicians (GP) towards their career. METHODS Using random sampling, 150 physicians were selected from comprehension comme...

as cited in the constitution of the islamic republic of iran, it's one of the responsibilities of the government to provide appropriate housing for the people of iran. the main aim of current study was to assess satisfaction rate of a mehr housing residents in fars province, southwest of iran. randomly selected heads of 100 households residents of abadeh mehr housing for at least 1 year were as...

emotional communication and economic factors play an important role in having a satisfying relationship and a more successful marriage. in this regard, we investigated the 10-year outcome of partners from three different economic levels regarding the relationship between emotional intelligence (ei) and marital satisfaction.the research was designed as a descriptive-correlative survey and data w...

background: positive psychology approach is the manifestation of changes in psychology, from dealing with psychopathological damages to optimizing life quality. happiness, a subset of the positive psychology, is considered to be a positive characteristic and one of human’s psychological needs. during the past decade, happiness has occupied a special place in the field of developmental psycholog...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction reflects the perception of the customer about the level of quality of care received during the episode of hospitalization. OBJECTIVE To compare the levels of satisfaction of patients submitted to lung resection in two different thoracic surgical units. METHODS Prospective analysis of 280 consecutive patients submitted to pulmonary resection for neoplastic dis...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is a key indicator of the quality and effectiveness of a therapeutic method. Assessing the satisfaction of patients undergoing homeopathic therapy is essential in the early steps of educating the community, if suitable outcomes are to be achieved. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2008 on 125 patients from the city of...

GOAL To know the perceived quality and the levels of patient satisfaction with the Nuclear Medicine Service (MN). METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed. The authors designed a self-applied questionnaire based on a questionnaire from a survey created by the National Health Service of the UK. The answers of 32 items were analyzed, including 4 social-demographic questions and...