HEALTH SERVICE USER SATISFACTION: PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSTRUCT

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31052/1853.1180.v23.n3.24470

Keywords:

Satisfaction, Health Services, Patient Satisfaction

Abstract

Knowing about intrinsic mechanisms that explain cognitive aspects of the psychological construct of health services user satisfaction could promote changes in the approach to the study, design and implementation of new public policies regarding user satisfaction. Objective: To produce a summary of the cognitive theories which explain the concept of psychological construct of health service user satisfaction. Methods: Literature review of publications which served as the bases that have influenced the most the study of user satisfaction from psychological theories and marketing to the management of health services. Results: Abstracts, book chapters, social sciences encyclopedia in ScienceDirect™, PROQUEST CENTRAL™ were initially obtained using search terms such as “Consumer” AND “Services” AND “Satisfaction”, as well as “Healthcare” AND “User” AND “Satisfaction” which were included for the period 2013-2017; 322 full text references were obtained and literature related to the origin and explanation of satisfaction psychological construct was selected (N=13). Conclusion: The description of the bases of user satisfaction construct, as well as the summary of theoretical explanatory models applicable to the real world open a new range of possibilities in the management of social communication applications, including transparency and user inclusion; however, more research is still
necessary.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

  • Neyra Yadira Padilla Meléndez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (CIES-UNAN)

    Dra. en Medicina y Cirugía. Doctorante del programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Salud Pública. Máster en Epidemiología. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de la Salud

References

1. Bannister D. Personal construct theory: A summary and experimental paradigm. Acta Psychol (Amst). 1962;12(2):104-20. [consultado 10 Ene 2017]. Disponible en: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0001691862900112

2. Regan W. The Service Revolution. Journal of Marketing. 1963;27(3):57-62. [consultado 05 Dic 2016]. Disponible en: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1249437?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

3. Rathmell J. What is Meant by Services? Journal of Marketing. 1966;30:32-6. [consultado 12 Ene 2017]. Disponible en: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272551866_What_Is_Meant_by_Services

4. Olshavsky R, Miller J. Consumer Expectations, Product Performance, and Perceived Product Quality. Journal of Marketing Research. 1972;9:19-21. [consultado 23 Feb 2017]. Disponible en: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3149600

5. Anderson R. Consumer Dissatisfaction: The Effect of Disconfirmed Expectancy on Perceived Product Performance. Journal of Marketing Research. 1973;10:38-44. [consultado 08 Dic 2016]. Disponible en: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3149407

6. Oliver RL. A Cognitive Model of the Antecedents and Consequences of Satisfaction Decisions. Journal of Marketing Research. 1980;17(4):460-9. [consultado 22 Jul 2017]. Disponible en: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3150499

7. Woodruff R, Cadotte E, Jenkins R. Modeling Consumer Satisfaction Processes Using Experience-Based Norms. Journal of Marketing Research. 1983;20:296-304. [consultado 24 Feb 2017]. Disponible en: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3151833

8. Parasuraman A, Zeithaml VA, Berry LL. A Conceptual Model of Service Quality and Its Implications for Future Research. Journal of Marketing. 1985;49(4):41-50. [consultado 16 Ago 2017]. Disponible en: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1251430

9. Zeithaml VA, Parasuraman A, Berry LL. Problems and Strategies in Services Marketing. Journal of Marketing. 1985;49(2):33-46. [consultado 16 Ago 2017]. Disponible en: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1251563

10. Cronin J, Taylor S. SERVPERF Versus SERVQUAL Reconciling Performance Based and Perceptions Minus Expectations Measurement of Service Quality. Journal of Marketing. 1994;58:125-31. [consultado 21 Jul 2017]. Disponible en: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235361370

11. Real Academia Española (RAE). Diccionario de la Lengua Española, 23ª ed; [Electrónico]: RAE; 2014 [updated Enero 2014; cited 2018 Enero, 2]; [consultado 2 Ene 2018]. Disponible en: http://dle.rae.es/?id=AS5w6xx.

12. Horley J. Individuality, Community and Criminal Behaviour [Internet]. UK. In: Butler R, editor. Reflections in Personal Construct Theory. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell; 2009. p. 79-93. [consultado 18 Ago 2017]. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470743577.ch5

13. Procter H. El Constructo. [Internet]. UK. In: Butler R, editor. Reflections in Personal Construct Theory. West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell; 2009. p. 21-40. [consultado 12 Ene 2017]. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470743577.ch2

14. Carlsmith JM, Aronson E. Some hedonic consequences of the confirmation and disconfirmation of expectancies. Journal of abnormal and social psychology. 1963;66:151-6. Epub 1963/02/01. [consultado 18 Ene 2017]. Disponible en: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14018688

Downloads

Published

2019-12-03

Issue

Section

Scientific Articles

How to Cite

1.
HEALTH SERVICE USER SATISFACTION: PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSTRUCT. Rev. Salud Pública (Córdoba) [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 3 [cited 2024 Nov. 18];23(3):49-55. Available from: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/24470