title: Mothers' Satisfaction Rate from Hospital Cares in Hematology- Oncology Ward.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Satisfaction evaluation is a good way to assess hospital conditions. In Health Care System, parentscan be also as children's main supporters, thus they may act as patient's viewpoints' representatives.This study aimed to evaluate mother's satisfaction of hospital care in hematology - oncology ward in Dr Sheikh hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Cross-sectional descriptive analytic study was conducted using Pediatric Family Satisfaction (PFS) questionnaire and interviewing with 164 mothers duringMarchto February2013. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS -16 software and descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of mothers and children was31.2±5.8, and 7.95 4/66 years.The children were 64 % male and 36 % femael. A large number of mothers (%56 (describedtheir satisfaction about medical care as moderate,(%70.7) reported their satisfaction about nursing care at very high level and(36.5 %) reported satisfaction about welfare services at high level(59%)and describe overall satisfaction at very high level . The totals mean of mothers' satisfaction ratewas 121.8 ± 10.8. The mean of medical care, nursing care, welfare services was 2.9±34.1,4.6±50 and4.8± 32.9 respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall satisfaction with medical, nursing and welfare staff was acceptable. For more satisfaction, it is widely recommended to improve veinipuncture by nurses, Physicians should inform parents about the tests results, and finally disturbance in ward with noise should be controled.
authors.affiliation: Dr Sheikh hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boroumand
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of public Health, School of Health; Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moshki
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khajavi
authors.affiliation: Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. ; Department of nursing, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashemizadeh
keywords: Children; Hematology-Oncology Ward; Hospital Care; Mothers Satisfaction