Open AccessFear of going under general anesthesia: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
ME Ruhaiyem,
AA Alshehri,
Maissa Saade,
TA Shoabi,
Haroon Zahoor,
NA Tawfeeq
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.179094
Subject(s) - medicine , test (biology) , cross sectional study , chi square test , anesthetic , anesthesia , family medicine , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , biology
Fears related to anesthesia have affected a considerable number of patients going for surgery. The purpose of this survey was to identify the most common concerns about general anesthesia during the preoperative anesthetic clinic in different healthcare settings, and whether they are affected by patients' sex, age, education, or previous experience of anesthesia or not.