Cultura

Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care In Saudi Arabia

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Rayan Hadi Alshehri, Sara Shehan Sultan Alshemrani, Samirah Abdullah Alshamrani, Ebtisam Ahmed Saleh Alshehri, Najwa Hussain Hantol, Bayan Jaffar Al Talib
Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Saleh Althubaiti, Layla Qassim Al-Jaroodi, Ahlam Mohammed Ibrahim Fallath, Fouz Hamdan Al-Rakhimi, Sahaa Obaied Albishe, Fatimah Hussain Alsunbisi

Abstract

Introduction:  Patient satisfaction is an important measure of care quality and clinical performance because it is an indicator of how nursing services have satisfied the patient. These perceptions are critical to the success of the Healthcare Sector Transformation Program within the Saudi Arabian healthcare framework, as Vision 2030 focuses on an increased emphasis of a more individualized, patient-focused approach. Although nursing personnel are the main key in the care process, a peculiarity of the Saudi workforce, a large percentage of expatriates, creates complicated cultural and language dynamics that affect the patient experience.

Study Objective: This systematic review's goal is to consolidate and evaluate the existing literature on patient satisfaction with nursing care in Saudi Arabia, along with evaluating the level of overall satisfaction with nursing care in various health care settings throughout Saudi Arabia.

Methodology: A systematic review was done following the PRISMA guidelines. An extensive search was carried out in large electronic databases, such as PubMed, Scopus, Web of science, and Google scholar, concerning empirical articles published between 2015 and 2025. Empirical research on satisfaction with nursing care in either an acute care or a Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals would be used in study selection. The quality of methods was assessed with the help of standardized appraisal measures, including those of Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), and data were synthesized with the help of narrative analyses to reveal similarities in care delivery practices across different regions and facilities.

Conclusion: Results have shown that overall satisfaction levels of patients in Saudi Arabia tend to be moderate to high, and average scores of 75.96% and low level of general agreement as high as 86% in certain areas. Technical competence of nurses, professionalism, the way they conduct themselves, and provision of patient privacy are the best predictors of a positive experience; nonetheless, systemic barriers remain to stand in the way of optimal care, especially language differences between non-Arabic speaking nurses and patients, lack of time to interact with the patient, and insufficient discharge communication.

Keywords : Patient satisfaction, patient perception, Nursing care Nurse-patient relationship, Healthcare quality..
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty