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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVII | Pages 331 - 331
1 Sep 2012
Mariathas C Williams G Pattison G Lazar J Rashied M
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Introduction

No previous studies have attempted to measure parental satisfaction and service quality in regards to paediatric orthopaedic service inpatient care. We performed a prospective observational study to assess parental satisfaction with the level of service provided for paediatric orthopaedic inpatient care in our unit.

Methods

We employed the validated Swedish parent satisfaction questionnaire to generate parental satisfaction data from 104 paediatric orthopaedic hospital inpatients between August 2009 and May 2010 (49 elective and 55 trauma paediatric orthopaedic admissions, median age range 2–6 years). Questions focused on eight domains of quality: Information on illness, information on routines, accessibility, medical treatment, care processes, staff attitudes, parent participation and staff work environment. Scores generated were a percentage of the maximum achievable for that quality index, for example 100% would correspond to a parent awarding all questions for that index the highest possible score.