Desire for perioperative information in adult patients: A cross-sectional study

Patient perspectives on informed consent for anaesthesia and surgery: American attitudes

“…Although several studies, including ours, confirm that a majority of patients wish to receive information on risks of anaesthesia, some anaesthesia providers continue to omit these risks out of concern for unnecessarily worrying patients 2–5,7. Our study found that only one in five respondents consider the anxiety and fear provoked by receiving information to outweigh any benefit.…”

In response to: desire for perioperative information and parental ethnicity

“…In summary, our experience allows us to believe that patients and parents demonstrate a very high level of desire for perioperative information, as concluded by the authors and Kain et al. (2). We believe that additional factors such as gender, coping style, and history of previous surgery of a relative may also be of use in predicting such desire.…”

“…The questionnaire in your study is similar to a study by Kain et al. (2), but it leaves out the question which we find to be asked most often: ‘What time will my child be operated on?’ We find that the answer to this question plays a major role in determining their level of satisfaction with the service provided.…”

Desire for perioperative information and parental ethnicity

“…Considering the increase in racial and ethnic diversity in the United States, there is a clear need to examine how ethnic and socioeconomic factors influence parental desire for perioperative information. Although previously examined in an adult population (5), we were unable to locate a study that included an understanding of parental desire for perioperative information based upon ethnicity in pediatric populations. Previous findings that parent satisfaction and provider communication differed according to race and ethnicity (6) emphasize the need to understand how these factors can impact parental desire for perioperative information.…”