Furthermore, the dimensions comprising satisfaction differ among countries: Tangibles and empathy may be more important in Asia, while responsiveness, reliability, and assurance may be more important in the West [ 19].
The final 57-item IDEEL assesses dry eye impact constituting 3 modules: dry eye symptom-bother, dry eye impact on daily life comprising impact on daily activities, emotional impact, impact on work, and dry eye treatment satisfaction comprising satisfaction with treatment effectiveness and treatment-related bother/inconvenience.
The second factor comprised satisfaction regarding hyperactive behaviour and getting along with others (items 1, 3 and 6 8).
One factor captured mental and physical health as well as personal safety, whilst the other factor comprised satisfaction with all social areas of life.
Two studies [ 1, 3] included global satisfaction scales, but they measured satisfaction with childbirth itself and did not assess the determinants of satisfaction with care comprising global satisfaction.
The affective component pertains to the feeling of balance between negative and positive affect, whereas the cognitive component comprises the satisfaction with life.
The above research findings are parallel to the results of prior study in health care, which among other benefits comprise patient satisfaction, excellent professional outcomes, no delays, etc. [ 15].
Moreover, it comprises the satisfaction of individual with life in general, covering different domains than other health-related quality of life instruments, and it has been widely used in the area of substance use [ 34- 36].
The Patient Satisfaction Scale comprises 4 questions about satisfaction with pain relief, with improvement in function for home/yard work and with improvement in function for recreational activity, as well as overall satisfaction with surgery [ 26].
2. Concepts of quality of life for medical students Students understand quality of life as a multidimensional construct comprising happiness and life satisfaction, healthy habits, social and affective relationships, and freedom.
75.6% of Total Variance Explained; by Factor I (28.4%), Factor II (24.1%) and Factor III (23.1%) A second EFA (principal component extraction and varimax rotation) was conducted using responses to five global satisfaction items, comprising a conceptually distinct second order factor of TS-M.
