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. 2025 Jan-Dec:21:17455057251320425.
doi: 10.1177/17455057251320425.

Factors influencing women's satisfaction with well-woman services at the Manhyia Government Hospital, Ghana

Agnes Ampofo Agyei  1 , Seth Amponsah-Tabi  2   3 , Edward Tieru Dassah  4   5 , Eric Sarpong Ansong  6 , Maxwell Kankam  3 , Amponsah Peprah  7   5 , Charles Senaya  5 , John Jude Kweku Annan  7   5 , Roderick Larsen Reindorff  7   5 , Henry S Opare-Addo  7   5
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Factors influencing women's satisfaction with well-woman services at the Manhyia Government Hospital, Ghana

Agnes Ampofo Agyei et al. Womens Health (Lond). 2025 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

Introduction: The provision of well-woman services to women is a very good intervention for promoting good health and well-being among women. Despite data needed to inform increasing accessibility to well-woman services, there is limited information about client's satisfaction with well-woman services.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine factors influencing women's satisfaction with well-woman services at Manhyia Government Hospital.

Design: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among women attending the well-woman clinic at the Manhyia Government Hospital, Kumasi from 10 May 2023 to 15 November 2023.

Methods: A systematic sampling method was employed. A pretested structured questionnaire was used to collect data on participants' socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, health-facility-related factors, barriers to utilization and client satisfaction. A face-to-face interview was conducted for every woman included in the study. Data were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression analysis. p-Value for statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.

Results: Of the 344 women who were recruited for the study, majority (65.7%) of them were satisfied with care at the well-woman clinic. About 59.3% of the women were willing to continue care at the clinic. The age range was 18-60 with mean of 34.6 ± 12.0 years. Some of the challenges the women reported in accessing well-woman services at the clinic included long waiting times (17.7%) and inadequately skilled staff (8.1%). After adjusting for significant variables in the multivariable logistic regression analysis (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)), comfortability of the waiting area (AOR: 7.71, 95% CI: 1.54-38.60), <6 months duration of accessing care (AOR: 8.82, 95% CI: 3.25-23.98) and friendly attitude of health workers (AOR: 27.03, 95% CI: 4.28-170.83) were significantly associated with the client's satisfaction with well-woman services.

Conclusion: There was high satisfaction with well-woman services at the clinic, and this was associated with factors such as duration of service, comfortability of the waiting area and the attitude of health workers. Training more skilled staff and expanding the clinic will help improve well-woman services.

Keywords: challenges; satisfaction; well-woman clinic; well-woman services.

Plain language summary

What satisfies a woman who visits a clinic specially created for their special health needs.Improving women’s access to a clinic fully dedicated to their sexual, contraceptive and other reproductive health rights is a herculean task in a culture where women are not empowered. This study is to improve access to such clinics for preventive health care which is cheaper than treating advanced health issues. Determining factors that influence their satisfaction at such clinics may help improve these specialized clinics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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