Susanta K. Sarkar|Mohanchandra Mandal|Piyali Chakrabarti|Dipanjan Bagchi|Suchitra Pal
SURVEY OF PATIENTS’ ATTITUDE ABOUT ANAESTHESIA AND ANAESTHESIOLOGIST- A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION IN A RURAL HOSPITAL OF NORTH BENGAL
North Bengal Medical College and Hospital|North Bengal Medical College and Hospital|North Bengal Medical College and Hospital|South Eastern Railway
backgroundimage anaesthesia anaesthesiologist eyes patients variedly reported literature mostly poor developing countrieswe often realised underestimation risky task inadequate appreciation recognition effort patientshence put endeavour explore existing perception among patients rural region regarding specialty anaesthesiologist materials methodsthis observational paperbased questionnaire survey carried preanaesthetic checkup pac clinic involving 101 patients scheduled undergo elective surgerythe survey carried using structured interview based openended questionnaire consisting 15 mcq type questionsdata mostly categorical data number patients percentagestatistical comparison done favourable response responses taken together unfavourable response resultsabout 44 patients knew anaesthesiologists qualified doctorsthirty percent knowledge anaesthesiologist present induction continuation anaesthesia monitoring vitalsabout 10 patients aware roles anaesthesiologists outside operating roomregarding risk related anaesthesia surgery majority patients 58 informed alla considerable proportion patients 90 opined preanaesthetic checkup usefulamong high literacy group considerably higher proportions patients answered favourable options conclusionthe survey concludes patients perception anaesthesia poorthe patients also insufficient knowledge exact role anaesthesiologist inside outside operating room