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Table 3 Outpatient early satisfaction with care (T1)

From: Patient’s early satisfaction with care: a predictor of health-related quality of life change among outpatients with substance dependence

Satisfaction with care

EQS-C responders N = 136

 

n

Mean (SD) or %

EQS-C scores

 Contact/appointments

132

80.6 (19.1)

 Reception facilities

135

79.4 (16.1)

 Waiting time

135

76.5 (22.6)

 Consultation with the doctor

135

82.5 (16.5)

 Overall satisfaction

136

80.8 (15.2)

“I think I will continue attending this department”

136

 

 Agree

 

31.6

 Fully agree

 

55.7

Comments on the open-ended EQS-C question “What part of our service do you think could be improved?”

136

 

 No comment

 

48.0

 Positive comment

 

27.2

 Negative comment

 

16.1

 Mixed comment

 

8.7

  1. Abbreviations: EQS-C Quality of Care Scale in outpatient consultation, SD standard deviation