استعرض مصدر THE QUALITY OF HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICE IN RIYADH/SAUDI ARABIA



Asian Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences Vol. 5(2) June 2016

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THE QUALITY OF HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICE IN
RIYADH/SAUDI ARABIA.

Alia Almoajel1
, Alham Al-Salem1
, Lina Al-Ghunaim1
, Sara Al-Amri1

1Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud
University, SAUDI ARABIA.
almoajela@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Home healthcare services are expanding in Saudi Arabia at a rapid
pace in order to meet the need of growing population of older adult and those with
chronic illnesses and the quality of this service is various from hospital to another.
Aim: The aim of this research is to measure the quality of home healthcare services
in five hospitals in Riyadh City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Method: a Cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire of 74 home
healthcare services members. The questionnaire developed by the researchers
through modifying another international instrument for the same purpose.
Results: 86.5% of home health care members stated that the provided home health
care service is an effective service that provides a noticeable improvement of
patient’s condition. (71.6% and 35.1%, respectively) agreed that the acceptance
criteria of patients in HHC is sufficient and comprehensive and these criteria need to
be reviewed and modified.

Conclusion: Hospital managers should focus on advocating measuring of home
health care quality continuously and ensuring the home health care members have a
training before they start working in home health care furthermore, giving attention
to patients’ complaints.

Keywords: Home Health Care (HHC), Quality, Home care

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