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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 48:12-19 (2001)
© Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society, 2001

General Anesthesia

What do outpatients value most in their anesthesia care?

Donald Fung, MD FRCPC MSC*,{dagger} and Marsha Cohen, MD FRCPC*,{ddagger}

* From the Department of Health Administration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Department of Anesthesia,
{dagger} North Bay General Hospital, North Bay, Ontario, and the Centre for Research in Women's Health and the Department of Anesthesia,
{ddagger} University of Toronto, Canada.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Donald Fung, Department of Anesthesia, North Bay General Hospital, 750 Scollard St., North Bay, Ontario, P1B 5A4 Canada. E-mail: dfung{at}efni.com

Objectif : Déterminer ce que les patients ambulatoires placent au premier rang des soins anesthésiques et vérifier si les anesthésiologistes peuvent prédire ce choix.

Méthode : Un questionnaire, en 36 points, à retourner par la poste, a été présenté après l'opération à 45 patients ambulatoires et à 15 anesthésiologistes experts. Ils devaient choisir les trois éléments les plus importants de chacune des quatre listes de neuf éléments représentant les soins anesthésiques préopératoires, peropératoires, pré-congé et post-congé.

Résultats : Des réponses complètes ont été obtenues de 30 patients ambulatoires et de tous les anesthésiologistes. Pour chaque étape de leurs soins, les patients ont choisi les éléments qui représentent les informations données et la communication. Les conditions physiques des soins ont reçu des valeurs moindres en général. Même si les anesthésiologistes pouvaient prédire ce que les patients valorisaient dans les soins reçus avant et après le départ de l'hôpital (r = 0,85 et 0,91), ils ont sous-évalué l'importance de la communication et des informations des étapes préopératoire et peropératoire (r = -0,09 et 0,65).

Conclusion : Nos résultats renforcent la valeur que les patients placent dans une communication et des informations suffisantes à toutes les étapes des soins anesthésiques ambulatoires, une valeur qui a pu être sous-estimée par les anesthésiologistes.




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