Adult Patients’ Satisfaction with Inpatient Nursing Care and Associated Factors in an Ethiopian Referral Hospital, Northeast, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants, Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia ().

Characteristics	Frequency	Percentages
Age (years)
18–30	142	37.4
31–40	113	29.7
41–50	54	14.2
51–60	31	8.2
≥61	40	10.5
Gender
Female	191	50.3
Religion
Orthodox	128	33.7
Muslim	247	65
Protestant	5	1.3
Residence
Rural	217	57.1
Urban	163	42.9
Marital status
Single	100	26.3
Married	239	62.9
Divorced	19	5.0
Widowed	22	5.8
Education
No formal education	184	48.4
Below 5th grade	45	11.8
5th–8th grade	94	24.7
9th–12th grade	29	7.6
Certificate and above	28	7.4
Occupation
Government employee	27	7.1
Nongovernmental employee	21	5.5
Farmer	128	33.7
Merchant	17	4.5
No job	160	42.1
Others	27	7.1
Income (birr/month)
150 and below	190	50
151–600	119	31.3
601–1200	51	13.4
1201 and above	20	5.3