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Patient satisfaction with general anaesthesia
Author(s) -
WHITTY P. M.,
SHAW I. H.,
GOODWIN D. R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07741.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general anaesthesia , patient satisfaction , regional anaesthesia , audit , anesthesia , nursing , management , economics
Summary A questionnaire to evaluate patient satisfaction following general anaesthesia was designed with the aid of focus groups. A subsequent audit identified aspects of care which could be improved on the basis of responses to the satisfaction questionnaire. It is possible to design a discriminating satisfaction questionnaire for general anaesthesia.