Hall J A, Dornan M C
Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115.
Soc Sci Med. 1990;30(7):811-8. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(90)90205-7.
A meta-analysis was performed to examine the relation of patients' sociodemographic characteristics to their satisfaction with medical care. The sociodemographic characteristics were age, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status (three indices), marital status, and family size. Greater satisfaction was significantly associated with greater age and less education, and marginally significantly associated with being married and having higher social status (scored as a composite variable emphasizing occupational status). The average magnitudes of relations were very small, with age being the strongest correlate of satisfaction (mean r = 0.13). No overall relationship was found for ethnicity, sex, income, or family size. For all sociodemographic variables, the distribution of correlations was significantly heterogeneous, and statistical contrasts revealed the operation of several moderating variables. The meaning of the overall results and their relation to earlier reviews is discussed.
进行了一项荟萃分析，以研究患者的社会人口学特征与其对医疗护理满意度之间的关系。社会人口学特征包括年龄、种族、性别、社会经济地位（三个指标）、婚姻状况和家庭规模。更高的满意度与更高的年龄和更低的教育程度显著相关，与已婚和更高的社会地位（作为强调职业地位的综合变量评分）呈微弱显著相关。关系的平均幅度非常小，年龄是满意度最强的相关因素（平均r = 0.13）。未发现种族、性别、收入或家庭规模存在总体关系。对于所有社会人口学变量，相关性分布存在显著异质性，统计对比揭示了几个调节变量的作用。讨论了总体结果的意义及其与早期综述的关系。
