The relationship between patient satisfaction, with preoperative and postoperative anxiety and who is undergoing ive surgery

Using the questionnaire investigations for determining the quality of anesthesia is not a new method in anesthesia investigations. However, there is a few study evaluating the patient satisfaction anesthesia and most of them are bordered with daily studies. In this study, we aimed to determine the reasons about the anxiety of anesthesia , measure the preoperative and postoperative anxiety levels and investigate the relationship between patient satisfaction and anxiety on patient who is undergoing elective surgery. In the study , 14-65 years, 120 patients ;who applied to Anestesiology Department of Çukurova Universty of Medicine for undergoing elective surgery between April 2007 ? July 2007 were incuded. At this study were collected by using the state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI), and a questionnaire composed of 12 questions which purpose to determine the reasons about anxiety of anesthesia and QoR-40 questionnaire which quantify the quality of postoperative recuperation. The patients were met on preoperative and postoperative periods and demanded to fill questionnare forms. At the end of the study, the preoperative anxiety levels were found higher in women then men, the most frequently reasons of anesthesia anxiety was never been awoken again, postoperative pain and stay in intensive care unit and postoperative anxiety was determined the relation with patient satisfaction and pain control.