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    Health Soc Work. 1997 Aug;22(3):190-9.

    Mothers' satisfaction with medical care: perceptions of racism, family stress, and medical outcomes in children with diabetes.

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    George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, MO 63130, USA.

    Abstract

    Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of medical outcomes. This study used an ecological framework to identify sociodemographic, family, and community predictors of mothers' satisfaction with their children's medical care and to determine the extent to which satisfaction is associated with medical outcomes such as adherence to treatment and health status of children with diabetes. Although individual demographics have little influence on satisfaction, family and community stressors are significant predictors of mothers' satisfaction with medical care. Mothers who reported greater perceptions of racism and family stress were significantly less satisfied with their children's medical care than those from less stressful environments. Mothers' satisfaction with medical care was significantly associated with adherence but was not significantly related to the children's health status.

    PMID:
    9260083
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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