A Survey of Patients' Thoughts on Anesthesia and Anesthesiologists following Experience with Anesthesia / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
;
: 621-626, 2007.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-99003
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The image and status of anesthesiology as a medical specialty in the eyes of the general public has been a problem. This study assessed the patients' thoughts on anesthesiologists and their preoperative concerns and examined the influence of any previous anesthetic experience on their apprehension.METHODS:
One hundred thirty-nine patients undergoing elective surgical procedures were surveyed with a questionnaire regarding their thoughts on anesthesiologists and their preoperative concerns at preoperative visits. The results were analyzed in terms of a previous experience with anesthesia.RESULTS:
Sixty-five patients had previous experience with anesthesia (Group 1), and 74 patients had none (Group 2). Seventy-one percent of patients in Group 1 and 80% in Group 2 reported that a physician-anesthesiologist was in charge of their anesthesia. Regarding the responsibility for the patients' safety during the surgical procedures, 83% of patients in Group 1 and 82% in Group 2 reported that the anesthesiologists were responsible for the patients' well-being. Fifty-seven percent of patients in Group 1 and 58% in Group 2 reported that the anesthesiologists were responsible for their safe recovery from the anesthesia. The most frequent preoperative apprehensions were postoperative pain (57% in Group 1 and 62% in Group 2) and the risk of not waking up from the anesthesia (60% in Group 1 and 57% in Group 2). There were no significant differences between the two groups.CONCLUSIONS:
Passive learning from previous anesthetic experience does not affect the patients' thoughts on the anesthesiologists and their preoperative concerns.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pain, Postoperative
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Elective Surgical Procedures
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Anesthesia
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Anesthesiology
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Learning
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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