Open AccessEffectiveness of pre-anesthetic video information on patient anxiety and economical aspects
Author(s) -
Thomas Metterlein,
Thomas Wobbe,
Marc Elmer Brede,
Katharina Möller,
Daniel Röder,
Jens Holger Krannich,
Peter Kranke,
Andreas Tannert,
Jens Broscheit
Publication year - 2021
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/sja.sja_968_20
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , anesthetic , anesthesia , patient satisfaction , visual analogue scale , local anesthetic , nursing , psychiatry
Adequate preoperative information can lessen patient anxiety. Delivering sufficient information during a personal interview, however, is time consuming, and therefore a relevant economical aspect. We investigated whether video information given to the patient before the pre-anesthetic interview has an influence on the patient's anxiety and the duration of the interview.