Hospital Structure, Stress and Conduct Regarding Patients in the Hospital (Patients Survey)

Feelings of dependence, fear and helplessness from the view of patients. Topics: desire for exact medical information about the illness; desire for quiet and to be alone; judgement on the personnel and doctors (semantic differentials); manner and extent of communication between doctor, personnel and patient, informing, sanctioning, activating as well as personal (scales); fear of hospital personnel (scale); perception of authoritarian conduct by personnel regarding patients; general assessment of the work climate on the ward and satisfaction with hospital; duration of stay in hospital; friends and relatives in hospital; patient status; reason for going to the hospital; religiousness.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious denomination; school education; occupational position.