Patients’ awareness of their rights, associated factors, and its practice by health professionals from a patient perspective among elective surgical patients at Tikur Anbesa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study, 2021.
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2021-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Introduction: Patient's rights are a basic human right and quality assurance that protects patients against abuse and discrimination and promotes ethical practices. Though there are bills and hospital documents regarding patients' rights available in different settings, the awareness among patients about these documents may be limited. Lack of respect for patients' rights may lead to hazards to the security and health situation of patients.
Objectives: To assess the patients’ awareness of their rights, associated factors, and the practice of these rights by the medical team from the patients’ perspective at Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital.
Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who undergone elective surgery at Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital. The data was collected from January to May 2021. A structured questionnaire was administered in a face-to-face interview by trained data collectors after surgery at the surgical ward and analyzed by using SPSS version 24. Bivariate and multivariable regression analyses were used to identify the associated factors. P-value <0.05 and 95% CI were used to judge the significance of the association.
Result: Patients' awareness about their rights, 76% were aware of patients' rights, 24% not aware about patient rights. Educational level, place of residency, and the number of hospital admission were significantly associated with patient's awareness. A majority (83.2%) of patients reported that health providers had poor practice on patient rights. The most practiced patient rights were providing information about the financial costs of health services (87.2%) and obtaining consent before the medical procedure (70.9%).
Conclusion: Awareness of patients about their rights was at a moderate level, but the practice of patient rights by health care providers was poor as reported by most of the study participants. Education level, place of residency, and the number of hospital admission were factors which affect the level of awareness.
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Rights,health professionals ,surgical patients