Table 5 Predictors of admitted adult patient’s satisfaction with nursing care, Amhara Region public hospitals (n = 563), 2017

Age of respondents

< 30 years

1

1

31–40 years

0.54 (0.35,0.83)

0.38 (0.21,0.68)*

41–50 years

0.77 (0.44,1.34)

51–60 years

0.96 (0.48,1.9)

> 60 years

1.39 (0.81,2.37)

Marital status

Single

1

1

Ever married^a

1.3 (0.9,1.9)

2.42 (1.4,4.2)*

Educational status

Illiterate

1

1

Read & write only

1.05 (0.63,1.76)

Elementary (1-8th grade)

1.3 (0.81,2.1)

Secondary (9 – 12th Grade)

2.0 (1.17,3.5)

2.13 (1.07,4.26)*

College and above

0.84 (0.48,1.44)

3.45 (1.2,9.8)*

Occupation

House wife

1

1

Merchant

1.55 (0.87,2.74)

Governmental employee

0.47 (0.23,0.94)

0.19 (0.05,0.6)*

Farmer

1.3 (0.77,2.24)

Student

1.13 (0.64,1.99)

Others^b

1.9 (1.1, 3.25)

Hospital name

Felegehiwote referal hospital

1

1

Debretabor hospital

1.7 (1.15,2.49)

Finoteselam hospital

1.25 (0.8,1.9)

Ward

Medical

1

1

Surgical

2 (1.4,2.9)

1.6 (1.1,2.51)*

Orthopedics

2.25 (1.29,3.9)

Number of patients in a room

<  4 patients

1

1

4–8 patients

0.28 (0.17,0.45)

0.33 (0.18,0.6)*

>  8 patients

0.45 (0.24,0.85)

Pt’s file having Nursing process

Yes

1

1

No

0.41 (0.25,0.65)

Having > = 2 med/surg diagnosis

Yes

1

1

No

1.27 (0.78,2.1)