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A large proportion of elective surgical patients receive inadequate information about perioperative events, and patient anxiety is significantly correlated with their satisfaction with the information received rather than their actual level of knowledge. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

June 1, 1993Journal of the Royal Society of MedicineOpen Access

Patient Knowledge of Operative Care

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Population

111 elective surgical patients

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

OWOlajide WilliamsColumbia University Irving Medical Center

Discussion

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Implication

Satisfaction with perioperative information was associated with lower anxiety; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before changing education practices.

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Population

111 elective surgical patients

Intervention

Questionnaire assessing knowledge of perioperative events, satisfaction with information, and relationship to anxiety

Outcome

Degree of knowledge, satisfaction with information, and their relationship to anxietypatient reported

Satisfaction with perioperative information, rather than objective knowledge, significantly correlates with anxiety in elective surgical patients, highlighting a need for improved patient education.

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Olajide Williams (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d15e2ba65f5ee325dc2f6 https://doi.org/10.1177/014107689308600608

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Implication

Satisfaction with perioperative information was associated with lower anxiety; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before changing education practices.

Patient Knowledge of Operative Care

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

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Patient Knowledge of Operative Care

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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