An assessment of primary care attributes from the perspective of female healthcare users

Authors

  • Eliane de Fátima Almeida Lima Universidade Federal do Espíríto Santo; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Ana Inês Sousa Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery
  • Cândida Caniçali Primo Universidade Federal do Espíríto Santo; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Francielie Marabotti Costa Leite Universidade Federal do Espíríto Santo; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Rita de Cassia Duarte Lima Universidade Federal do Espíríto Santo; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Ethel Leonor Nóia Maciel Universidade Federal do Espíríto Santo; Departamento de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0496.2587

Abstract

;;OBJECTIVE:;

; this study sought to assess the quality of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and investigated the association between primary care attributes (PCAs) and the sociodemographic characteristics of users.

;;;;METHOD:;

; a total of 215 female FHS users were interviewed for this descriptive and cross-sectional study. The Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool), Adult Edition was used, and the results were analyzed using Fisher's exact tests, Pearson's chi-square tests and logistic regressions.

;;;;RESULTS:;

; the lowest average score corresponded to the dimension "accessibility" (1.80), and the highest score corresponded to "access" (8.76). The results corresponding to the attributes "longitudinality", "coordination", "comprehensiveness", and "orientation" were not significant. No association was found between the participants' sociodemographic characteristics and the essential, derivative, and general attributes (p>;0.05).

;;;;CONCLUSION:;

; several attributes must be improved across all the investigated services from the perspective of female FHS users.

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Published

2015-06-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3 (2015)

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How to Cite

An assessment of primary care attributes from the perspective of female healthcare users. (2015). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 23(3), 553-559. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0496.2587