The findings indicate that higher attraction ratings mediate participants' increased satisfaction judgements of hospitals.
Results are in line with other studies, which reported null effects of decision aids on satisfaction judgements (Sawka et al, 1998; Whelan et al, 1999), whereas some studies demonstrated short (Whelan et al, 2004) or long-term effects (Molenaar et al, 2001).
Search terms included "satisfaction," "evaluation," "assessment," "judgement," "opinions," "perceptions," "questionnaire," "patient," "user," "people," "outpatient," "primary care," "out of hours," and "care continuity".
People's inner states and how they are expressed are essential indicators of personal well-being, satisfaction, and subjective judgements on quality of life [ 25].
Objectives: To evaluate to what extent age, previous hospital experience, psychological distress and expectation is associated with patients' judgements of satisfaction with their care.
Although authors emphasize the formative nature of assessment procedures, they examine effects on learning and performance by evaluating users' subjective judgements or perceived satisfaction.
"The judgement will provide some satisfaction to those innocent members of the public that Mr Crossley relentlessly bullied in the operation of this scheme," he said.
The postnatal questionnaire measured the course of pregnancy and delivery, the STAI state, screen-related anxiety, satisfaction about information, and the overall judgement about the screening program.
Although there are limitations associated with the 'error indicators' [49,108], the final adoption of a regression model will depend on a compromise between the judgement of the modeller and the satisfaction of the user.
After surgery, approximately 1 month after discharge, patients completed a mailed questionnaire (the Patient Judgements of Hospital Quality [PJHQ]) assessing their satisfaction with care during hospitalization.
