Patient Satisfaction With Perioperative Anesthetic Care

Completed

• Conditions: Anesthesia
• Interventions: Other: Pre operative evaluation and anesthesia administration by the same anesthesiologist

• Registration Number: NCT04734119
• Lead Sponsor: Meir Medical Center

Brief Summary

The doctor-patient relationship, medical competence and patient expectations influence patient satisfaction with anesthesia. Preoperatively all patients are routinely assessed by an anesthesiologist. However, in many centers, the anesthesiologist who performs the preoperative evaluation will not necessarily be the anesthesiologist who provides the intraoperative service. This study evaluated the effect of this practice on patient satisfaction, level of confidence and anxiety among adult patients undergoing elective surgery.

Detailed Description

Background: The doctor-patient relationship, medical competence and patient expectations influence patient satisfaction with anesthesia. Preoperatively all patients are routinely assessed by an anesthesiologist. However, in many centers, the anesthesiologist who performs the preoperative evaluation will not necessarily be the anesthesiologist who provides the intraoperative service. This study evaluated the effect of this practice on patient satisfaction, level of confidence and anxiety among adult patients undergoing elective surgery.

Methods: 100 patients scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia were randomly divided into 2 equal groups: In Group A patients were evaluated and anesthetized by the same anesthesiologist. In Group B the preoperative assessment and actual anesthesia was performed by two different anesthesiologists. On the first postoperative day all patients completed a questionnaire designed to evaluate their sense of preoperative security (confidence) and their overall satisfaction with the anesthetic experience.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-03-30
• Study Completion: 2019-03-30
• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-27
• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-01
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia
• Period- 12.2018-03.2019
• ASA score 1 to3
• Hebrew is the patient mother tongue
• The patient was pre-operatively evaluated by an anesthesiologist at least one day before surgery
• Duration of surgery is more than 1 hour
• The anesthesiologist has more than 2 years experience at work

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Exclusion Criteria

• The patient suffers from severe cognitive decline or severe psychiatric illness
• The patient is unable to answer the questionnaire by himself/herself
• The patient received pre-operative sedation

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group A- same anesthesiologist	Pre operative evaluation and anesthesia administration by the same anesthesiologist	In Group A patients were evaluated preoperatively and anesthetized by the same anesthesiologist.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Level of patient satisfaction	Post operative day 1	Level of patient satisfaction from anesthesia management, as described by patient questionnaire, ranked 1-5 (1- very satisfied, 5- not satisfied at all).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Meir medical center Kfar Saba; 🇮🇱 Kfar Saba, Israel