These studies have been used to design instruments to evaluate patients' satisfaction, identifying the dimensions that should be evaluated to better determine their opinions.
Predictors of job satisfaction identified by these authors include age, areas of work and expertise, professional education, location, and the sufficiency of staffing (21).
Several studies have demonstrated an association between nursing and patient satisfaction identifying nursing care as the only hospital service having a direct and strong relationship with overall patient satisfaction [ 18, 19].
Outcome assessment for low back pain (LBP) has received considerable attention in the literature with pain intensity, back specific function, general health status, work disability, and patient satisfaction identified as 5 core domains [ 1].
Influences on satisfaction identified by service users were level of choice, preferences being respected, setting the agenda for the conversation, saying what I want to say, and the relationship with staff.
Nurses have been the most frequently studied group of healthcare workers, and a literature review of the principal sources of their satisfaction identified: working conditions, interactions with others, the nature of the work itself, remuneration, promotions/professional development, recognition, control/responsibility, job security and administration [ 24].
This paper presents the findings of a survey of 703 undergraduate nursing students designed to measure satisfaction and identify factors influencing satisfaction (length and type of placement, time spent with a preceptor).
Life satisfaction theories identify happiness with having a favorable attitude toward one's life as a whole.
We also examined the sensitivity of each scale of satisfaction to identify sub-groups of women.
The current process evaluation was designed to assess the trend of interventions, gauge satisfaction levels, identify problems, impediments and facilitators, and determine the continuity of interventions.
