Table 2 Subjects’ scores of the responses towards the knowledge and expectations of the services provided in the ED, as well as the percent of correct answers
From: Public knowledge of emergency medicine in Beirut, Lebanon
Total N = 249 | Answer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Expected | Right N (%) | Wrong N (%) | ||
Total overall score | 52.7 ± 9.3 | |||
Total knowledge score | 55.0 ± 12.0 | |||
I should visit ED if my general doctor can’t see me that day | 35.1 ± 33.1 | No | 72 (29) | 177 (71) |
I should visit ED for faster service | 27.1 ± 29.1 | No | 47 (19) | 202 (81) |
ED is a medical specialty | 59.0 ± 36.4 | Yes | 127 (51) | 122 (49) |
ED doctor have special training | 76.8 ± 29.0 | Yes | 195 (78) | 54 (22) |
ED doctor care for patients after admission | 54.5 ± 32.2 | No | 135 (54) | 114 (46) |
ED doctor have their own practice outside ED | 49.5 ± 30.0 | No | 94 (38) | 155 (62) |
ED doctor perform surgery | 58.4 ± 31.7 | No | 134 (54) | 115 (46) |
ED doctor perform procedures like stitching and draining abscesses | 79.2 ± 24.8 | Yes | 206 (83) | 43 (17) |
Total expectation score | 51.6 ± 11.3 | |||
Total expectation physician score | 45.3 ± 11.3 | |||
Personal doctor expected in ED | 33.5 ± 30.4 | No | 55 (22) | 194 (78) |
In ED I should be treated by an ED doctor specialized in EM | 72.3 ± 30.4 | Yes | 181 (73) | 68 (27) |
In ED I should be treated by a specialist related to the complaint | 22.8 ± 29.7 | No | 34 (14) | 215 (86) |
I expect ED physician to be a General doctor | 27.5 ± 28.0 | No | 38 (15) | 211 (85) |
I expect ED physician to be a Specialist | 36.2 ± 30.8 | No | 70 (28) | 179 (72) |
I expect ED physician to be an EM physician | 85.0 ± 20.8 | Yes | 214 (86) | 35 (14) |
I expect ED physician to be a Family doctor | 49.5 ± 30.9 | No | 103 (41) | 146 (59) |
I expect to see a physician of choice at my request | 35.8 ± 33.6 | No | 72 (29) | 177 (71) |
Total expectation service score | 59.3 ± 26.7 | |||
Family members allowed in ED | 80.7 ± 39.5 | 1 or 2 | 196 (79) | 53 (21) |
I have the right to order blood test at my request | 53.0 ± 39.2 | No | 130 (52) | 119 (48) |
I have the right to order X rays at my request | 51.9 ± 38.5 | No | 121 (49) | 128 (51) |
I have the right to get admitted to hospital at my request | 51.4 ± 38.5 | No | 119 (48) | 130 (52) |
Total expectation time score | 55.6 ± 23.2 | |||
Which condition should be seen first in ED | 57.0 ± 49.6 | Most serious | 137 (55) | 112 (45) |
Possibly life threatening problem | 90.4 ± 29.6 | Immediately | 216 (87) | 33 (13) |
Non-life threatening problem | 48.2 ± 50.1 | < 30 min | 115 (46) | 134 (54) |
Tests and results | 45.4 ± 49.9 | < 30 min | 98 (39) | 151 (61) |
Total time expected to spend in ED | 36.9 ± 48.4 | < 60 min | 72 (29) | 177 (71) |