Assessment of Primary Health Care Physicians' Awareness about Patients' Rights
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Assessment of Primary Health Care Physicians' Awareness about Patients' Rights, IBRAHIM H.A. ABU SAQ, NIZAR M. AL-HUTAYLAH, MOHAMMED A.S. AL-SHAHRANI, ZEYAD M. ABUALIAT, ABDUL-AZIZ M.M. AL-QAHTANI, FARIS H. AL-SHAYBAH, MOHAMMED M. AL- RISHAN, SAEED T.H. ALHARITH, SHAIKHAH M. AL-AJMI, SALEH S. AL-QIRAD, MOHAMMED S.M. AL-SHAHRANY, ALI A.A. AL-KHIRI, MOHAMMED A.A. AL-FAQIH, YOUSEF H.Y. AL-FAQIH, MOHAMMED H.H. ALNASHRI, IBRAHIM Y.A. AL-ZILAI, AMR S.A. AL-ASSIRI, FAHAD O.K. AL-ALYANI and OSSAMA A. MOSTAFA
Abstract
Objective: To assess Primary Health Care (PHC) physi-cians' awareness about patients' right.
Subjects and Methods: A simple random sample was followed to include 121 PHC physicians in Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia. A study questionnaire was constructed by researchers that comprised socio-demographic variables, current information about the Patients' Bill of Rights (PBR) and 30 statements on PHC physicians' awareness regarding patients' rights.
Results: Less than two-thirds of PHC physicians (61.2%) heard of PBR while 19.8% read about it. The awareness of PHC physicians about patients' rights was significantly asso-ciated with their qualifications and experience in PHC.
Conclusions: A considerable proportion of PHC physicians in Aseer Region do not hear or read about the PBR.
Recommendations: To raise PHC physicians' awareness regarding PBR through continuous medical education and to distribute brochures and leaflets about PBR in all PHC Centers