Patient Satisfaction With Perioperative Anesthetic Care

Anesthesia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Patient Satisfaction With Perioperative Anesthetic Care: Is Continuity of Care Crucial?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04734119
• Other study ID #: 0226-18-MMC
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: Meir Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The doctor-patient relationship, medical competence and patient expectations influence patient satisfaction with anesthesia. Preoperatively all patients are routinely assessed by an anesthesiologist. However, in many centers, the anesthesiologist who performs the preoperative evaluation will not necessarily be the anesthesiologist who provides the intraoperative service. This study evaluated the effect of this practice on patient satisfaction, level of confidence and anxiety among adult patients undergoing elective surgery.

Description:

Background: The doctor-patient relationship, medical competence and patient expectations influence patient satisfaction with anesthesia. Preoperatively all patients are routinely assessed by an anesthesiologist. However, in many centers, the anesthesiologist who performs the preoperative evaluation will not necessarily be the anesthesiologist who provides the intraoperative service. This study evaluated the effect of this practice on patient satisfaction, level of confidence and anxiety among adult patients undergoing elective surgery. Methods: 100 patients scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia were randomly divided into 2 equal groups: In Group A patients were evaluated and anesthetized by the same anesthesiologist. In Group B the preoperative assessment and actual anesthesia was performed by two different anesthesiologists. On the first postoperative day all patients completed a questionnaire designed to evaluate their sense of preoperative security (confidence) and their overall satisfaction with the anesthetic experience.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: March 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia
• Period- 12.2018-03.2019
• ASA score 1 to3
• Hebrew is the patient mother tongue
• The patient was pre-operatively evaluated by an anesthesiologist at least one day before surgery
• Duration of surgery is more than 1 hour
• The anesthesiologist has more than 2 years experience at work

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient suffers from severe cognitive decline or severe psychiatric illness
• The patient is unable to answer the questionnaire by himself/herself
• The patient received pre-operative sedation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anesthesia

Intervention

Other:
• Pre operative evaluation and anesthesia administration by the same anesthesiologist
Pre operative evaluation and anesthesia administration by the same anesthesiologist (instead of two different anesthesiologists, as routinely performed in our medical center)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Meir medical center Kfar Saba	Kfar Saba

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Meir Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Level of patient satisfaction	Level of patient satisfaction from anesthesia management, as described by patient questionnaire, ranked 1-5 (1- very satisfied, 5- not satisfied at all).	Post operative day 1