Patient’s Knowledge and Perception of Pre-Anesthesia Check-Up in our GVPIHC & MT College

Abstract

Background: More and more patients these days understand the role of anaesthesiologists at the time of surgery and even during the postoperative period. Hence, study was commenced with a objective to assess patient’s knowledge and perception on preanesthetic assessment. Material and Methods: An observational study was conducted at Gayatri Vidya Parishad Hospital, Visakhapatnam. 100 patients posted for elective surgery coming to PAC clinic over a period of 6 months were included. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients in their own language before starting study. Patients were asked to fill a questionnaire consisting of 12 questions. Scoring was done for questions 4–15, with each question answered correctly being given 1 mark while incorrect answer was awarded 0 marks. Data was entered in MS Excel and analyzed by using SPSS software version 21. Results: Out of 100 study participants 62% were male and 38% were female. The patients were in the age group between18 to 60 years, about 31% were in < 30 years age, while 26% were in 30 to 45 years age. On being asked, when they had come to PAC clinic, about 32% of participants answered for pre anaesthesia assessment, while 46% said that they were following surgeon’s instructions, 21% believed that they would be getting date for surgery there and 1% didn’t know the exact reason. Conclusion: About only 32% of the study participants had knowledge of Pre anaesthesia assessment and remain had inadequate knowledge