Public awareness about the specialty of anesthesiology and the role of anesthesiologists: a national survey.

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The aims of this national survey were to determine the views of Korean people regarding the specialty of anesthesiology and the role of anesthesiologists and to consider the ways in which individual anesthesiologists and the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists inform the public.

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Does a postoperative visit increase patient satisfaction with anaesthesia care?

D Saal, T Heidegger, M Nuebling … (2011)

'Continuity of personal care by anaesthetist', as defined by a single anaesthetist providing preoperative evaluation, performing anaesthesia, and delivering a postoperative visit to the patient, has been shown to be a major factor for patient satisfaction with anaesthesia care. This prospective randomized study investigated whether a single postoperative visit increased the patient's perception of 'Continuity of personal care by anaesthetist' and hence satisfaction. In Group 1, the same anaesthetist who conducted anaesthesia visited the patient on the first postoperative day. In Group 2, a nurse anaesthetist who did not participate in anaesthesia delivery made a postoperative visit to the patient. Patients in Group 3 were not visited. Patients received a previously validated questionnaire after discharge from hospital. The negative patient response created by the perception of not being visited after operation by the attending anaesthetist was 13.5% (95% CI ± 6.9), 69.2% (95% CI ± 10.3), and 77.1% (95% CI ± 9.1) in Groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively, with 1 vs 2 and 1 vs 3 (P < 0.001) being significantly different. The negative patient response for 'Continuity of personal care by anaesthetist' was 40.0% (95% CI ± 5.3), 48.8% (95% CI ± 5.6), and 55.5% (95% CI ± 5.3) in Groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively, with 1 vs 3 (P < 0.001) being significantly different. Perception of the anaesthetist and satisfaction with 'Continuity of personal care by anaesthetist' were significantly increased by the introduction of a single postoperative visit by the anaesthetist compared with no visit at all. Overall satisfaction with anaesthesia was unchanged.

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Patient perception of the role of anesthesiologists: a perspective from the Caribbean.

Seetharaman Hariharan, Deryk Chen, Lorna Merritt-Charles (2006)

To assess patients' perception of the role of an anesthesiologist in a Caribbean country. Self-administered structured questionnaire evaluation. Preoperative waiting rooms of three tertiary-care teaching hospitals: Port of Spain General Hospital, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, and San Fernando General Hospital, Trinidad. 424 adult surgical patients awaiting elective surgery. None. A questionnaire was devised to test the knowledge of the respondents regarding the job description, attitudes, and various roles of anesthesiologists in the hospital. 371 completed responses were obtained for analysis. One tenth of the respondents did not know who an anesthesiologist was and 59% of them knew that an anesthesiologist was a doctor; there was a statistically significant association of the educational level of the respondent and this response. Of the respondents, 70% felt that the anesthesiologists were easy to talk to and pleasant by the bedside; 46% responded that the anesthesiologists did not discuss the complications and side effects of drugs before the procedure; 5% considered the anesthesiologists as more important than the surgeon, and 59% considered both equally important. Only 19% responded that they knew that the anesthesiologists had a role in the intensive care unit. Patients still have inadequate knowledge regarding anesthesiologists and their different roles in hospitals.

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Patients' knowledge of anaesthetic practice and the rôle of anaesthetists.

E Groves, C F Swinhoe (1994)

Patients were questioned pre-operatively to assess the level of their knowledge with regard to anaesthetic qualifications, anaesthesia and the role of anaesthetists. Thirty-five percent did not realise that anaesthetists were qualified doctors and only 25% could mention any duties that anaesthetists might have outside the operating theatre. However, those questioned were better informed about the anaesthetist's role in monitoring the patient during surgery and recovery.