The assessment consisted mainly of participants' subjective reports of satisfaction, attitudes, and opinions, and they may have over-rated themselves.
[ 50- 52] While the present study did not include a parameter for self-assessment, reports of satisfaction provide a rough correspondence.
Based on the discussion by participants, sexual satisfaction for men is strongly influenced by their female partner's report of satisfaction with sexual activities.
The Client Satisfaction Scale, shown to have good psychometric properties [ 40, 41], was used as a self-report of satisfaction with the rehabilitation received.
Moreover, the limited published data suggesting a positive effect have often confused respondents' reports of satisfaction over their debriefing experience with objective measures of traumatic stress [ 6].
Further research is needed to understand the relationship between patients' expectations for treatment, practitioners' presentation of treatment, and outcomes or reports of satisfaction by patients [ 15- 18].
Because there are currently few ways to compare institutional GTA PD programs with others, self-reports of satisfaction or institutional support may not be empirically based.
The perception of having enough insurer choice, the consumers' report of satisfaction with their insurers, and health plans that 'charged less if providers within network' were strongly associated with 'satisfaction with amount of PCP choice'.
Some researchers have examined the specific contribution of nurses' work environments to patient satisfaction indicating that patients' reports of satisfaction are higher in hospital settings where nurses practice in better work environments [ 19, 30].
Although patients' reports of satisfaction and experience are systematically related to patients' characteristics such as age and sex, the effect of adjusting practices' scores for the characteristics of their patients is small.
This study demonstrates that Family Medicine residency training is associated with better reports of satisfaction from patients in primary care in terms of communication skills and patient enablement in comparison to general doctors who have not completed residency training programs.
