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

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Autor(a) principal: Ortiz,Jaime
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Wang,Suwei, Elayda,MacArthur A., Tolpin,Daniel A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia (Online)
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Resumo: 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.
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spelling Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?Preoperative assessmentPatient educationPatient satisfactionAnxiety 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. Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia2015-02-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942015000100007Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia v.65 n.1 2015reponame:Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA)instacron:SBA10.1016/j.bjane.2013.07.009info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessOrtiz,JaimeWang,SuweiElayda,MacArthur A.Tolpin,Daniel A.eng2015-09-10T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-70942015000100007Revistahttps://www.sbahq.org/revista/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||sba2000@openlink.com.br1806-907X0034-7094opendoar:2015-09-10T00:00Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA)false
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title Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?
spellingShingle Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?
Ortiz,Jaime
Preoperative assessment
Patient education
Patient satisfaction
Anxiety
title_short Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?
title_full Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?
title_fullStr Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?
title_full_unstemmed Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?
title_sort Preoperative patient education: can we improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety?
author Ortiz,Jaime
author_facet Ortiz,Jaime
Wang,Suwei
Elayda,MacArthur A.
Tolpin,Daniel A.
author_role author
author2 Wang,Suwei
Elayda,MacArthur A.
Tolpin,Daniel A.
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author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ortiz,Jaime
Wang,Suwei
Elayda,MacArthur A.
Tolpin,Daniel A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Preoperative assessment
Patient education
Patient satisfaction
Anxiety
topic Preoperative assessment
Patient education
Patient satisfaction
Anxiety
description 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.
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