AB1207-HPR Patient satisfaction in a rheumatoid arthritis specialized center

Abstract

BackgroundAccording to the Beryl Institute's, patient experience (PX) is “the sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization's culture, that influence patient perceptions, across the continuum of care”; nowadays patient satisfaction is considered as one of the quality for performance in health systems (1). In order to provide a multidisciplinary quality care to patients with RA in centers of excellence (CoEs) under the coordination of a rheumatologist, provide comprehensive management of patients with this pathology, ensuring approachability to medical appointments and treatment, in order to get better clinical outcomes and improve patient safety and satisfaction of the health services provided.ObjectivesTo measure levels of satisfaction of RA patients treated at a specialized center and to evaluate patient service.MethodsIn a RA specialized center during a 24 month period we performed a satisfaction survey in order to evaluate the health services provided. We evaluated the timing on attention, appointment assignment, information provided, the treatment received by the healthcare team, facilities among others. Patients evaluated the services provided in a scale from 1 to 4, were 1 was very bad, 2 regular, 3 good and 4 excellent. Descriptive epidemiology was performed for each variable presented.ResultsWe collected 1125 surveys during 2015 and 2016, 45% considered to have a timely care, the mean of waiting time for an appointment was 9 min ± 8; regarding the appointment assignment 96% of the patients evaluated it as good or excellent (mean 3.5±0.7), 80% considered that the information provided was clear and useful, 90% reported to receive a kind and friendly treatment and to considered the facilities as good or excellent. When we evaluated the satisfaction regarding the health care team 50% of patients evaluated the rheumatologist, nurse, nutritionist, physical therapist, psychologist and physiatrist as good and 40% as excellent.ConclusionsAlthough we found that our patients are highly satisfied, there is a large opportunity to improve our services. Also, this evidence can support further research projects in order to increase the patient's satisfaction.References Th VP. Creating the ideal patient experience. Journal of medicine and life. 2016;9(4):380–385. Disclosure of InterestNone declared

<p>Satisfaction of Patients and Physicians with Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Survey in China</p>

“…Raw as generally high with treatment. 28,29 Many studies used homemade questionnaires, [30][31][32][33][34][35] and only one of them used a rigorous method for developing the questions. 30 They generally showed that the patients' satisfaction was high, but that some expectations were not always met.…”