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http://dx.doi.org/10.15188/kjopp.2015.02.29.1.90

Effect of Sympathy Module and Trust on Medical Service Quality, Medical Trust and Happiness  

Cho, Chung Sik (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University)
Kim, Jae Ik (Department of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University)
Nam, Seung Kyu (Department of Industrial and Advertising Psychology, Daejeon University)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.29, no.1, 2015 , pp. 90-100 More about this Journal
Abstract
There are a lot of effort to improve medical service quality and medical trust in Korean Medicine. However, in spite of importance of personalized medicine, there are still few research about it. Thus, the purpose of this study is to grope ways to improve medical service quality and medical trust by sympathy module group and personalized trust. People over 19 were participated in investigation. We divided respondents into 4 groups depending on sympathy module group and 2 groups depending on speed of trust. Questionnaire was consisted of questions about sympathy module group, speed of trust, medical service quality, medical trust, satisfaction and happiness. This questionnaires were conducted through personal interviews. Total 220 members responded to the survey and the results of the analysis were as follows. Rational type had the highest proportion. At Medical service quality scale, Prevention focus group had most highest figure on Confidence. Promotion focus group and Rational Group had most highest figure on Sympathy. At Medical trust scale, Medical team had the highest proportion at all group. Prevention focus group put more emphasis on sense of sanitation, At Satisfaction and Happiness scale, Satisfaction and Happiness was most affected by Trust in Sincerity and Ability. This study can be very useful for composing kit of treatment of personalized medicine. But this study has also some limits such as respondent selection, disease selection etc. So, more detailed and comprehensive survey is needed.
Keywords
sympathy module group; speed of trust; medical service quality; medical trust; satisfaction; happiness;
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