Clinical Study
Patient Perception of Acute Pain Management: Data from Three Tertiary Care Hospitals
Table 4
Sociodemographic predictive factors associated with patient’s satisfaction with pain management (combined obstetric and orthopedic patients).
| | Characteristic | Strongly dissatisfied and dissatisfied
= 26 | Satisfied
= 185 | Strongly satisfied
= 85 | value | Total
= 296 |
| | Gender | | | | | | | Male | 8 (9.4%) | 52 (61.2%) | 25 (29.4%) | 0.948 | 85 | | Female | 18 (8.5%) | 133 (63.0%) | 60 (28.4%) | | 211 |
| | Age category | | | | | | | Less than 18 years | 1 (14.3%) | 5 (71.4%) | 1 (14.3%) | | 7 | | 18 to 30 years | 5 (6.4%) | 48 (61.5%) | 25 (32.1%) | 0.408 | 78 | | 30 to 40 years | 6 (7.3%) | 53 (64.6%) | 23 (28.0%) | | 82 | | 40 to 50 years | 7 (21.2%) | 19 (57.6%) | 7 (21.2%) | 33 | | 51 years and more | 7 (9.2%) | 50 (65.8%) | 19 (25.0%) | 76 |
| | Marital status | | | | | | | Single | 6 (14.3%) | 19 (45.2%) | 17 (40.5%) | 0.041 | 42 | | Married | 20 (7.9%) | 166 (65.4%) | 68 (26.8%) | | 254 |
| | Educational status | | | | | | | Less than high-school education | 13 (12.6%) | 60 (58.25%) | 40 (29.1%) | 0.348 | 103 | | High-school graduate | 8 (8.1%) | 67 (67.7%) | 24 (24.2%) | | 99 | | Some university education | 4 (11.1%) | 22 (61.1%) | 10 (27.8%) | 36 | | University graduate | 1 (1.7%) | 36 (62.1%) | 21 (36.2%) | 58 |
| | Occupational status | | | | | | | Unemployed | 14 (14.7%) | 47 (49.5%) | 34 (35.8%) | | 95 | | Employed | 10 (6.1%) | 112 (67.9%) | 43 (26.1%) | 0.053 | 165 | | Self-employed | 1 (4.0%) | 18 (72.0%) | 6 (24.0%) | | 25 | | Financially dependent | 1 (9.1%) | 8 (72.7%) | 2 (18.2%) | 11 |
| | Ministry of Health Coverage | | | | | | | No | 25 (9.2%) | 174 (64.2%) | 72 (26.6%) | 0.025 | 271 | | Yes | 1 (4.0%) | 11 (44.0%) | 13 (52.0%) | | 25 |
| | First-class service | | | | | | | No | 23 (10.6%) | 125 (57.6%) | 69 (31.8%) | 0.012 | 217 | | Yes | 3 (3.8%) | 60 (75.9%) | 16 (20.3%) | | 79 |
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