Patient-Related Factors Influencing Satisfaction in the Patient-Doctor Encounters at the General Outpatient Clinic of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study subjects, 𝑁=430.

Categories	Satisfaction with the consultation		Total	𝜒^2	df	𝑃 value
	Yes	No
	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)
Age in year
<25	86 (20.0)	60 (14.0)	146 (34.0)	4.370	3	0.5
26–40	118 (27.4)	71 (16.5)	189 (44.0)
41–60	43 (10.0)	34 (8.0)	77 (18.0)
>60	8 (1.9)	10 (2.3)	18 (4.2)
Sex
Male	119 (27.7)	82 (19.1)	201 (46.7)	0.0013	1	0.5
Female	136 (31.6)	93 (21.6)	229 (53.1)
Occupation
Employed	71 (16.5)	44 (10.2)	115 (26.7)	1.7125	6	0.5
Unemployed	24 (5.6)	15 (3.5)	39 (9.1)
Student	77 (17.9)	60 (14.0)	127 (31.9)
Unable to work	11 (2.6)	5 (1.2)	16 (3.7)
Housewife	18 (4.2)	12 (2.8)	30 (7.0)
Retired	12 (2.6)	10 (2.3)	22 (5.2)
Others	42 (9.8)	29 (6.8)	71 (16.5)
Source of funding
Spouse	24 (5.6)	18 (4.2)	42 (9.8)	1.636	5	0.5
Self	134 (31.2)	90 (20.9)	224 (52.1)
Family	78 (18.1)	49 (11.4)	127 (29.5)
Friends	7 (1.6)	6 (1.4)	13 (3.0)
Employer	6 (1.4)	5 (1.2)	11 (2.6)
Do not know	6 (1.4)	7 (1.6)	13 (3.0)