Patient comfort during regional anesthesia

Hu, Philip; Harmon, Dominic; Frizelle, Henry P.

doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.02.016

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“…Interestingly, anesthesiologists feel that too little or too much information can increase patient's anxiety score than what appropriate information should be given to patient without increasing the anxiety. [192021] Usually, patients are concern about the anticipated anesthetic complications, surgical techniques, success of operation, fear of being unconscious, pain and weakness in any part of the body postoperatively, and sometime even death, which increases the anxiety. Coming out of anesthetic drugs occupy the biggest portion of anxiety in patient's mind.…”

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Anesthesiologist's role in relieving patient's anxiety

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Introduction:Anesthesia and surgery have proved to be highly anxiety provoking and with the rise of elective surgery, its aspect of patient's experience has become prominent in time. However, our fault as anesthesiologists is that we have not made people get versed with what we people as anesthesiologist do in the operating room. Hence, keeping in view all this, a study was carried out, in which video information/images regarding anesthesia and surgical procedure was shown to patients on PowerPoint Presentation. Different images showing previous patient's hospital journey were shown to educate patients.Methods:Two hundred patients scheduled to undergo elective surgery were taken and were divided into two groups of 100 each. Patients (study group or Group I) were shown video clippings/images of other previously operated patients and their hospital journey including surgery and anesthesia for which patient came in hospital. The study was carried out on the patient in each group while Group II was treated in normal way and not shown any type of images/videos. Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale was used as a criterion to measure the level of anxiety in Group I and II at four different intervals that are before pre anesthetic check up (PAC), after showing videos and images in Group I, 1 h before surgery and 8 h after surgery.Statistical Analysis:The results of observation of both the groups at different intervals time were statistically compared and analyzed. These characteristics were analyzed using the “Chi-square tests” and “unpaired t-test.”Results:Video and images information if done preoperatively have been shown to reduce patient's anxiety, although little is known regarding the effects of the method.Conclusion:Showing videos/images of hospital journey for educating the patients before the operation is beneficial to patients undergoing elective surgery.

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“…Most previous studies have also shown no significant relationship between maternal satisfaction and perioperative complications. Hu et al (2007) found that spinal attempts, patient's age, and gender are effective factors in patient satisfaction of spinal anesthesia (14). Major reasons for patients' unwillingness to repeat spinal anesthesia include low back pain (related to the number of attempts to induce anesthesia), needle type (Quincke with less favorable results than Whitacre), and tingling sensation in the lower extremities immediately after anesthesia induction (8).…”

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Maternal Satisfaction of Spinal Anesthesia for Elective Cesarean Section in an Academic Hospital

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Bayat²,

Azimaraghi³

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Ann Anesth Crit Care

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Background: Currently, spinal anesthesia is an acceptable method for cesarean section (CS) throughout the world, since general anesthesia is associated with higher maternal morbidity and mortality rates. The current study was performed to survey different factors for maternal satisfaction of spinal anesthesia. Methods: This cross sectional study was performed on women who were candidates for elective CS at Dr. Shariati hospital. Informed consents were obtained from all the patients, and the risks and side effects of both spinal and general anesthesia were explained preoperatively. The mothers were free to choose the anesthetic technique. One day after the operation, all mothers were examined with respect to the variables.

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“…Midazolam, propofol, and dexmedetomidine are used for this purpose. The main uses for sedation in regional anesthesia are to reduce anxiety and improve patient comfort and cooperation [9]. …”

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Spinal anesthesia: how can we improve patient satisfaction?

Lee

2010

Korean J Anesthesiol

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Patient comfort during regional anesthesia

Cited by 39 publications

References 97 publications

Anesthesiologist's role in relieving patient's anxiety

Anesthesiologist's role in relieving patient's anxiety

Maternal Satisfaction of Spinal Anesthesia for Elective Cesarean Section in an Academic Hospital

Spinal anesthesia: how can we improve patient satisfaction?

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