Key result
Anesthesia patient education handouts significantly improved patient satisfaction regarding perioperative knowledge but did not reduce anxiety related to surgery.
Why the study?
Does a patient education handout improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety in adult anesthesiology preoperative clinic patients?
Observational
No
Does a patient education handout improve satisfaction and reduce anxiety in adult anesthesiology preoperative clinic patients?
Preoperative patient education handouts improve patient satisfaction regarding perioperative knowledge but do not reduce surgery-related anxiety.
May improve perioperative knowledge satisfaction without easing anxiety; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before adoption.
Patients’ knowledge deficits concerning anesthesia and the anesthesiologist's role in their care may contribute to anxiety. The objective of this study was to develop anesthesia patient education materials that would help improve patient's satisfaction regarding their knowledge of the perioperative process and decrease anxiety in a community hospital with a large Spanish-speaking population. A survey (Survey A) in English and Spanish was administered to all adult anesthesiology preoperative clinic patients during a 4-week period. The data were analyzed and then a patient education handout was developed in both English and Spanish to assist with our patients’ major concerns. A second survey (Survey B) was administered that was completed after the education handout had been put into use at the clinic. The survey asked for basic demographic information and included questions on satisfaction with regard to understanding of anesthesia as well as worries regarding surgery and pain. In the patients who received the handout, statistically significant improvement was found in the questions that asked about satisfaction with regard to understanding of type of anesthesia, options for pain control, what patients are supposed to do on the day of surgery, and the amount of information given with regard to anesthetic plan. There was no difference in anxiety related to surgery in patients who received the educational handout compared to those patients who did not. Patient education handouts improved patient's satisfaction regarding their knowledge of the perioperative process but did not reduce anxiety related to surgery. A falta de conhecimento dos pacientes em relação à anestesia e ao papel do anestesiologista em sua assistência pode contribuir para a ansiedade. O objetivo deste estudo foi desenvolver materiais explicativos para o paciente sobre a anestesia que poderiam ajudar a melhorar a satisfação do paciente em relação ao seu conhecimento do processo perioperatório e a diminuir a ansiedade em hospital comunitário com uma grande população de língua espanhola. Durante um período de quatro semanas, uma pesquisa (Pesquisa A) em inglês e espanhol foi realizada no período pré-operatório com todos os pacientes adultos que seriam submetidos à anestesia. Os dados foram analisados e, posteriormente, um folheto explicativo foi desenvolvido em inglês e espanhol para esclarecer as principais preocupações dos pacientes. Uma segunda pesquisa (Pesquisa B) foi realizada e concluída após a colocação do folheto explicativo em uso na clínica. A pesquisa investigou as informações demográficas básicas e incluiu perguntas sobre a satisfação relacionada à compreensão da anestesia, bem como as preocupações com a cirurgia e a dor. Nos pacientes que receberam o folheto houve melhora estatisticamente significativa em relação às perguntas sobre a satisfação com a compreensão do tipo de anestesia, as opções para o controle da dor, o que os pacientes deveriam fazer no dia da cirurgia, bem como a quantidade de informações prestadas sobre o plano anestésico. Não houve diferença na ansiedade relacionada à cirurgia entre os pacientes que receberam e os que não receberam o folheto educativo. Os folhetos explicativos melhoraram a satisfação do paciente em relação ao conhecimento do processo perioperatório, mas não reduziram a ansiedade relacionada à cirurgia.
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Ortíz et al. (2013) conducted an observational in Preoperative anxiety and knowledge deficit. Anesthesia patient education handout vs. No educational handout (pre-implementation group) was evaluated on Satisfaction regarding knowledge of the perioperative process and anxiety related to surgery. Anesthesia patient education handouts significantly improved patient satisfaction regarding perioperative knowledge but did not reduce anxiety related to surgery.
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