Nowadays patient privacy is considered a part of the patient’s rights as the
basis and foundation of treatment and care, and practicing it is one of the main goals of
the health care system. Under the concept of privacy, four functional categories could be
analysed: independence, protection of privacy, security, and recognition of identity. The
goal of this study is to determine the amount of respecting physical, information and
psychosocial privacy of cardiovascular patients by paramedics. This research is a
descriptive study. In this study 303 cardio vascular patients, who were transferred to two
hospitals affiliated with Urmia University of Medical Sciences, were chosen and studied
using convenience sampling. The data collection tool, a questionnaire, consisted of two
sections: first part is a demographic specifications questionnaire, and the second part is
a privacy questionnaire concerning various aspects of privacy; including physical privacy
(9 questions), information privacy (5 questions), and psychosocial privacy (16 questions).
The information was analysed using descriptive statistics in statistical package of SPSS
(version 20). The results show that in all aspects, the majority of patients expressed a
high degree of respect of their privacy. However, regarding physical privacy 33% of patients
complained that staff did not introduce themselves to patients, and 46% stated staff did
not ask for permission to sit next to them. As for information privacy 29% stated enough
information was not given about their disease and current condition. There was a
significant association with some demographic variables. Although the degree of observing
the privacy of the majority of patients was at a satisfying level in general, some cases of
physical and information privacy are not fully respected. Therefore, officials and clinicians
need to pay special attention to this matter, and its education. Furthermore, effective
measures are necessary to guarantee patient satisfaction.

A Survey of Respecting “Patient Privacy” by Medical Emergency Team, from the Viewpoint of Cardiovascular Patients Transported to Hospitals Affiliated with Urmia University of Medical Sciences in 2014

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A Survey of Respecting “Patient Privacy” by Medical Emergency Team, from the Viewpoint of Cardiovascular Patients Transported to Hospitals Affiliated with Urmia University of Medical Sciences in 2014