Hastalarin Anestezi Hakkında Bilmek İstedikleri: Türklerin Tutumları

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı anestezi alacak hastaların eşlik eden anksiyeteleri ile birliktepreoperatif bilgi isteklerini değerlendirmek ve bilgilendirilmiş onam hakkında tutumlarınıdeğerlendirmektir.Yöntem: Etimesgut Asker Hastanesinde 2008 yılı Eylül Aralık ayları arası cerrahi amaçlı genelanestezi alacak ASA I-II 200 erişkin hasta (>16 yaş) etik kurul onayını takiben çalışmaya dahiledildi. Daha önceki çalışmalardan uyarlanan anket uygulandı.Bulgular: Elektif cerrahi geçirecek 200 hasta sorulara cevap verdi. Hastaların çoğu anestezininneler içerdiğini bilmek istediğini bildirdi. Türk hastaların çoğu ne kadar çabuk normal hayatadöneceğini bilmeyi tercih ederken, daha az olarak tıbbi bakım hakkında bilgi istiyordu.Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın ışığında doktorlar hassas bir şekilde, anksiyeteye dikkat ederek, vesonuçta hastaya özgü hangi bilgileri vereceğine karar vermelidirler

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Anestezi, hasta, bilgi

PATIENTS’S DESIRE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ANESTHESIA: TURKISH ATTITUDES

Aim: This study was designed to determine preoperative information needs with accompanyinganxiety when anesthesia is advised and to assess their attitudes towards informed consent.Methods: Following Institutional Review Board approval, 200 ASA physical status I and IIadult (>16 years-old) patients undergoing general anesthesia for surgery, from September toDecember 2008 at Etimesgut Military Hospital were enrolled in the study. A questionnaireadopted from previous studies was given to all subjects. Results: Two hundred patients, undergoing elective surgery, responded to the questionnaire.Most of our patients want to know what their anesthesia involves. Turkish patients prefer toknow more about how soon they can anticipate a return to normal life while, less to know aboutmedical care. Conclusion: In the light of this study doctors must act sensitively, be careful of anxiety and inthe end they have to make judgments on behalf of individual patients; and decide to whichinformation is given

Keywords:

Anesthesia, patient, information,

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