Anaesthesia information booklet: Is it better than a pre-operative visit?

Autor:	Pratibha V Toal, Shrividya Chellam, Kajal S Dalal
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Alternative methods medicine.medical_specialty Patient anxiety business.industry Alternative medicine Brief Communication Pre operative lcsh:RD78.3-87.3 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine lcsh:Anesthesiology Anesthesia Medicine Pain perception Anxiety medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 59, Iss 8, Pp 511-513 (2015) Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
ISSN:	0019-5049
Popis:	Anxiety is common in pre-operative patients and may be associated with hypertension, arrhythmias, increased pain perception and increased requirement of anaesthetic drugs.[1] Pre-operative education decreases anxiety and improves the patient knowledge about the general process of anaesthesia, the risks associated with it and dispels the misconception.[2] Many studies suggest that pre-anaesthesia interviews are not enough for adequate transfer of knowledge, and hence, alternative methods are required.[3] Hence, we decided to study the effect of anaesthesia information booklet on patient anxiety and knowledge.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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