Assessment of Patient Satisfaction with the Pre-Operative Anesthetic Evaluation; an Observational Study

Autor: Salman Malik, Sana Ullah, Israr Hussain, Zahoor Rehman, Nouman Ahmad, Muhammad Tayyeb, Iftikhar Ud din
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2312-9433
2618-1452
Popis: OBJECTIVES This study aimed to determine patient satisfaction with the pre-operative anaesthetist visit. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to September 2023. All consecutive elective patients operated under anaesthesia during the study period were interviewed 24 hours after the operation. Data were collected by the Leiden peri-operative patient satisfaction questionnaire (LPPSq) within 24 hours postoperatively. SPSS 26 version was used for data analysis. The chi-square test was used to compare pre-operative visits and patient satisfaction. RESULTS 230 elective patients were operated upon under anaesthesia during the study period. Among all sections, the Fear and concern factor has the highest Cronbach alpha, 0.942. almost half of the patients aged 26-35 (42.2%) were female (56.3%), Class I in ASA physical status (50.2%), and living in a rural area (64.9%). For occupation, the majority of respondents were unemployed (89.2%). In addition, more than half of the respondents received general anaesthesia (60.6%). The most frequent procedure type was the gynaecology procedure (38%). Regarding an anaesthetist's visit, most respondents received a pre-operative anaesthetist visit (89.6%) and an anaesthetist approach (73.6%). However, the majority didn't receive adequate information, didn’t have a chance to choose the type of anaesthesia, and didn’t have an opportunity to ask a question, with percentages of 68%, 90%, and 95.2%, respectively. A significant and strong association existed between patient satisfaction and pre-operative anaesthetist visits (P
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