A comparison of face-to-face, brochure- and video-assisted anesthesia interviews : a qualitative randomized survey study

BACKGROUND: Previous studies showed mixed results for patient satisfaction by supplementing the preanesthetic assessment with written or audio-visual materials. We hypothesize that an audio-visual aid or a brochure in addition to face-to-face interview, leads to improved patient satisfaction and shortens the preanesthetic assessment duration.

METHODS: We randomly assigned 1051 patients scheduled for preanesthetic assessment to three different groups: face-to-face preanesthetic interview alone (Group 1), videos before the interview (Group 2), and brochure before the interview (Group 3). All patients were asked to complete a postinterview questionnaire assessing patient satisfaction, knowledge gain, prior experience with anesthesia, and quality of supplementary media.

RESULTS: The use of additional materials immediately before the preanesthetic interview did increase the overall patient satisfaction (F<inf>(2, 1003)</inf> = 3.10, P<0.05, ƞ2=0.006) but not the interview satisfaction (F<inf>(2, 1011)</inf> = 0.756, P>0.05) nor information gain (procedure explanations F<inf>(2, 987)</inf> = 0.400, P>0.05) or quality of answered questions (F<inf>(2, 1029)</inf> = 0.769, P>0.05). A statistically significant effect on interview satisfaction (F<inf>(13,996)</inf> = 5.15, P<0.01., ƞ2=0.063), overall satisfaction (F<inf>(13,988)</inf> = 4.25, P<0.01., ƞ2=0.053) and given explanations (F<inf>(13, 972)</inf> = 3.132, P<0.001, ƞ2=0.04) was associated with the explanation of different anesthetic techniques by the provider. No differences of response quality between the anesthesiologists was found (F<inf>(13, 1014)</inf> = 1.494, P>0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Additional information imparted in the form of an educational brochure or videos immediately before the preanesthetic assessment and interview does not lead to higher patient satisfaction.

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CommentIn: Minerva Anestesiol. 2022 May;88(5):326-328. - PMID 35510446

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:88

Enthalten in:

Minerva anestesiologica - 88(2022), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 343-351

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Moser, Berthold [VerfasserIn]
Nold, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Gasteiger, Lukas [VerfasserIn]
Moll, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Keller, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Zinn, Winfried [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.05.2022

Date Revised 10.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Minerva Anestesiol. 2022 May;88(5):326-328. - PMID 35510446

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.23736/S0375-9393.22.15969-9

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NLM336070012