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Relationships among perceived quality of healthcare services, satisfaction and behavioural intentions of international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The current study aimed to investigate the relationships among the perceived quality of healthcare services, satisfaction and behavioural intentions among international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Setting

A cross-sectional study on public universities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Participants

All participants in this study were international students joining public universities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Primary independent variable

Perceived quality of healthcare services measured on a SERVQUAL scale.

Primary dependent variable

Participants' satisfaction of healthcare services assessed using five items.

Secondary dependent variable

Behavioural intentions measured on six items.

Results

Of the 556 international students, 500 (90%) completed the survey. The study used structural equation modelling (SEM) through the AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structures) software to analyse the data. SEM analyses showed that the perceived quality of healthcare services significantly and directly affected satisfaction, with a value of 89% and an effect size of 0.78. It also had a significant indirect impact on the behavioural intentions (0.78) of international students. The results indicated that participants' satisfaction had a statistically significant impact on their behavioural intentions (0.77).

Conclusion

Perceived quality of care is an important driver of international students' satisfaction and their behavioural intention with healthcare services. Such relations of effects among the three investigated factors were also positive and significant.

SUBMITTER: Aljaberi MA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6144330 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Relationships among perceived quality of healthcare services, satisfaction and behavioural intentions of international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.

Aljaberi Musheer Abdulwahid MA Juni Muhamad Hanafiah MH Al-Maqtari Rasheed Addulsalam RA Lye Munn Sann MS Saeed Murad Abdu MA Al-Dubai Sami Abdo Radman SAR Kadir Shahar Hayati H

BMJ open 20180912 9

<h4>Objective</h4>The current study aimed to investigate the relationships among the perceived quality of healthcare services, satisfaction and behavioural intentions among international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<h4>Setting</h4>A cross-sectional study on public universities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<h4>Participants</h4>All participants in this study were international students joining public universities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<h4>Primary independent variable</h4>Perceived quality ...[more]

PMID: 30209153

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Dataset Information

Relationships among perceived quality of healthcare services, satisfaction and behavioural intentions of international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.

Objective

Setting

Participants

Primary independent variable

Primary dependent variable

Secondary dependent variable

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Relationships among perceived quality of healthcare services, satisfaction and behavioural intentions of international students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.

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