Patients' opinions of information given and postoperative problems experienced in conjunction with ambulatory surgery
- 作者：Lindé ; n ; Inger ; Engberg ; Ingegerd Bergbom
- 关键词：Ambulatory surgery ; Preoperative information ; Patients' experience ; Day surgery
- 刊名：Ambulatory Surgery
- 出版年：1996
- 期刊代码：4_09666532
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：November, 1996
- 卷：4
- 期：2
- 页码：85-91
- 文件大小：709 K
摘要
The aims were to obtain and describe ambulatory surgery patients' opinions about information provided before, during the day of surgery and prior to discharge from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) and to explore relationships between patients' opinions of information received and their experience of postoperative problems. Of 127 patients invited to complete a questionnaire, 110 returned this within 14 days. Five patients were excluded due to hospital admission. Most patients found the information satisfactory. Patients did not find the written information as adequate or as satisfactory as the oral. About a third of the patients found both types of information unsatisfactory. More patients who found the information unsatisfactory reported more postoperative problems than the others. The most common problems experienced at home were pain, sleeping disturbance and nausea.