Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty Member, Department of Health Care Management, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 B.Sc. Student, Department of Health Care Management, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

3 M.Sc. student, Department of Health Care Management, School of Health, Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

Abstract

Increasing students 'awareness of and respect to patients' rights is important in improving the quality of care and enhancing patient confidence and satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of clinical students in patient rights. Hence, in this descriptive cross-sectional study, 300 medicals, nursing and midwifery students were randomly selected from students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in 2017. Data were collected using standard patient rights questionnaire. Then, data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The mean score of students' knowledge about patient rights was 14.95 ± 2.09. Moreover, awareness of patient rights was estimated rather in 54.7% of students moderate and 54.3% good. Also the dimensions of access to services and confidentiality had the highest (5.26 ± 0.932) and lowest (0.88 ± 0.32) scores in students' awareness of patient rights, respectively. In addition, there was a statistically significant difference in awareness of patient rights and dimensions of access to services and confidentiality among students in different fields of study, college and educational level (P <0.05). In general, clinical students' knowledge of patient rights was moderate. It is recommended to increase students 'awareness of patients' rights by providing necessary training, identifying factors affecting non-compliance with patient rights and supervising compliance with medical staff by professors and therapists.

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