Clinical trial NCT00864695: Role of Anesthesiologist-Patient Relationship
Official title: Role of Anesthesiologist-Patient Relationship in Changing Postoperative Perception of Patients Admitted to a Teaching Hospital
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Preoperative
Anesthesia
Postoperative
Keywords: Anesthesia
Ethics
Trends
Manpower
Perioperative care
Lead sponsor: UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Botucatu, Brasil
name: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.
First posted: 2009-03-19
Enrollment: 1137
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: This descriptive-analytic study was based on opinions and information provided before and after anesthesia by individuals who were hospitalized in the Botucatu Medical School Hospital to undergo surgery under anesthesia. A questionnaire was used to determine patient characteristics and perception of anesthesia/anesthesiologist, as well as fears and concerns related to anesthesia.

Brief summary: Descriptive analytic survey of 1137 and 518 patients aged 16 years or more before and after anesthesia exposure, respectively to assess the anesthesiologist-patient relationship role on patient postoperative perception of the binominal anesthesia-anesthesiologist. The aim of this study was to assess the anesthesiologist-patient relationship role on patient postoperative perception of the binominal anesthesia-anesthesiologist.

Period: may/2007 to may/2008

Detailed description: A questionnaire was used to determine patient characteristics and perception of anesthesia/anesthesiologist, as well as fears and concerns related to anesthesia. This descriptive-analytic study was based on opinions and information provided before and after anesthesia by individuals who were hospitalized in the Botucatu Medical School (BMS) Hospital to undergo surgery under anesthesia administered by the Anesthesiology Service of BMS Department of Anesthesiology. A questionnaire including structured questions aimed at determining patient characteristics (age, gender, race, marital status, education level, birthplace, provenance, surgical service of origin, occupation, history of anesthesia exposure) and perceptions of anesthesiologists/anesthesia, as well as open-ended questions that allowed respondents to add free comments, recorded as spoken, about their concerns before and after anesthesia. The post-anesthesia interview also included questions regarding the administration of pre-anesthetic drugs, recall of the anesthesiologist in the operating room, satisfaction with the care provided by the anesthesiologist.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* conscious surgical patients
* 16 years or more
* Portuguese-speaking patients

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients with altered states of consciousness or expression/comprehension impairment
* patients who did not undergo anesthesia/surgery (cancelled or postponed)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Role of anesthesiologist-patient relationship in changing postoperative perception of patients admitted to a teaching hospital
timeFrame: one year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Botucatu
country: Brazil
facility: College of Medicine of Botucatu
state: São Paulo
Study officials:
affiliation: College Study of Medicine
name: Fernanda Leite
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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