Patient satisfaction with a neurological specialist consultation for headache

French People and Skin Diseases

“…32 This satisfaction rate is similar to rates concerning other specialists. 34,35 Nevertheless, patient satisfaction with dermatologists must be balanced by the common opinion that the efficacy of dermatologic treatments is limited in time.…”

Outcome of outpatient neurology consultations: Physician's evaluations compared to patients' perceptions

“…Salvesen and Bekkelund, [10,11] in a questionnaire survey of patients with headache, found that neurologic evaluation for headaches resulted in greater improvement and better quality of life, and that 63% of patients with migraine were satisfied with the consultation. In these studies, patients were more likely to have relief of their headaches if they received a diagnosis.…”

Patient satisfaction with outpatient neurology services: A momentum for improvement

“…The available literature, however, describes a lower albeit variable level of overall patient satisfaction scores (60%-70.6%) for a diverse selection of outpatient neurology services [12][13][14]. Two studies of outpatient specialty neurological healthcare facilities revealed average patient satisfaction scores of 4 (1-5 scale) and 5.3 (1-7 scale) on the overall quality of headache and Parkinson's disease care, respectively [15,16].…”

“…The questionnaire measured patients' evaluations and affective responses to all possible specific dimensions of the OGNC healthcare, as well as an overall global service satisfaction. The construction of a 22-item English language based patient satisfaction scale was based on the authors' background knowledge of the survey target population, previous measures and review of the literature [12][13][14][15][16][17]20,21]. The questionnaire items were then repeatedly translated into local Amharic language through several revisions and back translations until all investigators agreed that the two versions were comparable.…”

“…Indeed, there are no published reports on patient satisfaction with neurology services anywhere in Africa. The global literature on outpatient neurology centers outside of Africa describes 60% or greater patient satisfaction with the overall service [12][13][14][15][16][17].…”