Why the study?
Does a paper and pencil maze test reliably measure early postoperative recovery from anesthesia in adult day surgery patients?
Population
50 volunteer nonsurgical subjects and an unspecified number of adult day surgery patients
Comparison
Paper and pencil maze test measuring the path… vs Patient-assessed visual analogue sedation scale
Design
RCT, randomized, double-blind
Follow-up
30 minutes after anesthesia
Authors
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Supports maze test for early recovery assessment in day surgery; confirms validity via sedation scale correlation in RCT.
Does a paper and pencil maze test reliably measure early postoperative recovery from anesthesia in adult day surgery patients?
The paper and pencil maze test is a valid and reliable measure of early postoperative recovery from anesthesia.
Ian Kestin (1988) studied this question.
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