Overall exertion ratings were moderate (5 ± 3); however, patients' enjoyment scores following physical therapy sessions were higher, indicating pleasant perceptions of their activity (8 ± 3), with even better values observed after more demanding activities, such as walking or active cycling.
Carers from MMHU (11) and standard care wards (12) expressed satisfaction with the hospital food and positive comments related to the quality, menu choice and patients' enjoyment of meals.
This calls for a further investigation to find a subtler difference of difficulty that maintains the patient's enjoyment in training.
CHNs reported generally positive interactions with patients and enjoyment in helping community members.
Even though the sexual functioning scores were stable in both TT and CR patients, the sexual enjoyment score increased in CR patients and slowly decreased in TT patients.
Murdoch et al. reported positive correlation between students' interest in primary care and the factor of biosocial orientation, including importance of developing long-term patient relationships and enjoyment of tending to patients' social and psychological needs [ 15], items which were not included in our questionnaire.
Surprisingly, even during the more demanding physical activities, patients reported high enjoyment ratings.
This impaired patients' satisfaction and enjoyment particularly at family gatherings.
Patients with limited enjoyment of personal interests, weak financial situation, greater dependency on others to access health services, and dissatisfaction with accommodation reported poorer HRQL (SF-12: p < 0.001; SAQ: p < 0.01).
Content analysis of questionnaires completed by participants in the hospice-schools arts programme previously described identified four major themes: changing ideas and attitudes towards hospices (pupils), normalising death and dying (pupils); enjoyment that patients got from acting as educators (patients), and creating a relationship between the hospice and community (pupils and parents).
