Perceiving patients' dignity from the perspective of health professionals
exploratory research
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https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2018.52.2.204Keywords:
health care, hospital, privacy, hospitalization, adult patientsAbstract
Introduction: Human dignity is an inalienable right of every individual and its preservation is a fundamental task of health professionals. The purpose of the research was to determine the extent to which hospitalized patients are ensured dignity and how health professionals perceive it.
Methods: The research was based on explorative quantitative research design. Data were obtained using a structured questionnaire. The survey involved 267 convenience sampled health professionals in five Slovenian general hospitals. The obtained data were processed with a bivariate and multivariate analysis.
Results: The general opinion of respondents about their colleagues ensuring privacy to the patients is good (x = 3.79, s = 0.70). The perception of dignity can be explained in 52.18 % with the personal responsibility of employees (23.82 %), informing the patients (16.62 %) and patient's inclusion in decision-making (11.74 %). Professional groups have a different attitude to informing the patients (F = 5.44, p = 0.001). There are differences in the implementation of activities between hospitals: closing the door of a hospital room (F = 9.07, p < 0.001), using a curtain (F = 25.65, p < 0.001), placing a warning sign on a hospital door (F = 28.16, p < 0.001) and informing patients about what will happen during interventions (F = 5.91, p = 0.001). Activities are more often performed by assistant nurses.
Discussion and conclusion: During hospitalization, dignity is not fully provided to the patients. There are opportunities for improvement, so the results can be used to enable interventions on improving expert knowledge, understanding dignity, and improving infrastructure and material conditions.
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