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Introduction: Satisfaction with treatment is a criterion for quality of care and it’s a referral point ‎for personnel’s evaluation. There is limited literature and patient satisfaction is unknown.

 ‎ Objective: The goal of this study was to survey schizophrenic patients’ satisfaction with ‎antipsychotic medication in Shafa psychiatric center in ‎‏2007‏‎. ‎ Methods: In this study ‎‏100‏‎ schizophrenic patients hospitalized in different wards of Shafa hospital ‎were chosen. Data collection instrument included a two part questionnaire. The first part with four ‎questions covered personal characteristics and the second part included satisfaction scale with ‎‏32‏‎ ‎questions. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used for data analysis.‎

Results: The findings indicated that there was a significant relationship between satisfaction with ‎treatment and gender (p< ‎‏0.0003‏‎), occupation (p< ‎‏0.0001‏‎), and living condition (p<‎‏0.0001‏‎). ‎Also ‎‏60‏‎% of patients said that they were satisfied with treatment. ‎

 Conclusion: Interpersonal relationship between patient and health team and also increased patient ‎participation in treatment program can effect patient satisfaction.‎

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Article Type : Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2014/08/23 | Accepted: 2014/08/23 | Published: 2014/08/23

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