title: An evaluation of patients care in Radio Diagnosis Department of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
abstract: Patients care involves all the activities that are carried out before, during and after radiological diagnostic procedures. The successful application of medical knowledge depends on what patients think and feel about the medical personnel and the hospital. From the clinical experience, patients usually reacts to some factors that creates problems in the radiology units such as delay, neglect, use of harsh words, unnecessary repeats and preferential treatment. The study was aimed at evaluating patients care in radio diagnosis department of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Kathmandu, Nepal. A cross sectional study was conducted from May to June, 2012 in TUTH, Kathmandu, Nepal. Semi structured both open and closed ended questionnaires were administered among 287 conscious patients who were agreed to participate in the study. A total 287 patients were enrolled in the study. Out of them, 165 (57.49%) patients perceived that instruction was adequate before and after the examination; 219 (76.30%) patients were satisfied with the services rendered in the hospital; 174 (60.62%) patients perceived that privacy was adequate but 229 (79.9%) and 145 (50.5%) perceived that waiting areas and social aspects of patients care were suboptimal and in adequate. This can be improved by hospital management system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal. rbchand2003@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Chand
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult