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Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?

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العنوان: Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?
المؤلفون: Jaime Ortiz, Suwei Wang, MacArthur A. Elayda, Daniel A. Tolpin
المصدر: Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, Vol 65, Iss 1, Pp 7-13 (2015)
بيانات النشر: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2015.
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: LCC:Anesthesiology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Evaluación preoperatoria, Información al paciente, Satisfacción del paciente, Ansiedad, Anesthesiology, RD78.3-87.3
الوصف: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patients' knowledge deficits concerning anesthesia and the anesthesiologist's role in their care may contribute to anxiety. The objective of this study was to develop anesthesia patient education materials that would help improve patient's satisfaction regarding their knowledge of the perioperative process and decrease anxiety in a community hospital with a large Spanish-speaking population. METHODS: A survey (Survey A) in English and Spanish was administered to all adult anesthesiology preoperative clinic patients during a 4-week period. The data were analyzed and then a patient education handout was developed in both English and Spanish to assist with our patients' major concerns. A second survey (Survey B) was administered that was completed after the education handout had been put into use at the clinic. The survey asked for basic demographic information and included questions on satisfaction with regard to understanding of anesthesia as well as worries regarding surgery and pain. RESULTS: In the patients who received the handout, statistically significant improvement was found in the questions that asked about satisfaction with regard to understanding of type of anesthesia, options for pain control, what patients are supposed to do on the day of surgery, and the amount of information given with regard to anesthetic plan. There was no difference in anxiety related to surgery in patients who received the educational handout compared to those patients who did not. CONCLUSIONS: Patient education handouts improved patient's satisfaction regarding their knowledge of the perioperative process but did not reduce anxiety related to surgery.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
Spanish; Castilian
Portuguese
تدمد: 1806-907X
Relation: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942015000100007&lng=en&tlng=en; https://doaj.org/toc/1806-907X
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjane.2013.07.009
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/169a5abf916741439259c3beceef0e3e
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.169a5abf916741439259c3beceef0e3e
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:1806907X
DOI:10.1016/j.bjane.2013.07.009