Individualised care from the orthopaedic and trauma patients' perspective: An international comparative survey



: Suhonen R, Berg A, Idvall E, Kalafati M, Katajisto J, Land L, Lemonidou C, Valimaki M, Leino-Kilpi H

Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

: 2008

: International Journal of Nursing Studies

: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES

: INT J NURS STUD

: 45

: 11

: 1586

: 1597

: 12

: 0020-7489

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.12.005


Conclusions: North-South axis differences in patients' perceptions of individualised care may be attributed to the way nursing care is defined and organised in different European countries. Differences may be due to the differences in regional samples, and so no firm conclusions can be made. Further research will be needed to examine the effect of patient characteristics' and health care organisation variables in association with patients' perceptions of individualised care. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.



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