OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the quality of @entity158 management in a teaching hospital rheumatology department. METHODS: We conducted a satisfaction survey among all the @entity1 admitted to the conventional rheumatology department of our teaching hospital over a 1-month period (88 @entity1 with a mean length of stay of 5 d). The @entity1 were asked to complete a questionnaire on the day of discharge. The professional staff was not informed of the survey. RESULTS: The mean @entity158 severity score at admission (visual analog scale, VAS) was 7.76 +/- 1.76 and the mean score decrease with treatment was 7.27 +/- 2.81. Expected @entity158 relief and @entity158 relief were correlated (R = 0.39; P = 0.001). Nearly all the @entity1 (96.1%) reported have been encouraged to communicate about their @entity158 . Information on the treatment was given to 89.3% of the @entity1 ; no significant differences in @entity158 severity or @entity158 relief were found between the @entity1 who did and did not receive this information. The @entity1 were satisfied with their management by the physicians (VAS: 8.83 +/- 2.07) and nurses (VAS: 8.68 +/- 1.72). CONCLUSION: Satisfaction with @entity158 management (a subjective criterion) was good in our @entity1 . However, no validated tools for measuring satisfaction are available, and measurements should be repeated to look for improvements over time. Limitations to these results include the placebo effect, the influence of memory, and the effects of the behavior of hospitalized @entity1 . A repeat survey is needed.

XXXX management in a rheumatology department: a satisfaction survey.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain', 'actual pain']
@entity158 :: (MESH:D010146,Disease) :: ['Pain']
