A correlational study to identify therapeutic communication on patient satisfaction among patients admitted in hospitals at Kolhapur

A Descriptive correlational study was conducted to identify the therapeutic communication and patient satisfaction among patients admitted in Medical, surgical and orthopedic wards. The study was conducted at Dr.D.Y.Patil Hospital, Kolhapur among 100 admitted patients who were selected by Simple random sampling technique. The study concluded that correlation was calculated by Karl Pearson’s Coefficient correlation which was r=0.76 value was greater than 0 & lesser than 1(0>1)which indicated that the there was moderate positive correlation between therapeutic communication and patient satisfaction. Therefore the findings revealed that if there is good therapeutic communication there would be increase in patient satisfaction.