Why the study?
Does increasing the number of postoperative visits improve patient recall of the anesthesiologist's name and satisfaction with anesthesia services in surgical patients?
Population
144 patients with an anticipated postoperative length of stay of at least three days
Comparison
Two or three postoperative visits by the… vs One postoperative visit by the attending…
Design
RCT, randomized
Follow-up
Two days after the last postoperative visit
Authors
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Does not support repeated postoperative visits to boost recall or satisfaction; challenges assumptions about visit frequency in anesthesia care.
Does increasing the number of postoperative visits improve patient recall of the anesthesiologist's name and satisfaction with anesthesia services in surgical patients?
Repeated postoperative visits by anesthesiologists do not improve patient recall of their name or satisfaction with anesthesia care.
Zvara et al. (1996) studied this question.
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