M. Oldman|Dermot J. Moore|S. J. Collins
Drug patient information leaflets in anaesthesia: effect on anxiety and patient satisfaction
Musgrove Park Hospital|Capital and Coast District Health Board|Wellington Hospital|Musgrove Park Hospital
h3backgroundh3 patient information leaflets produced new drugs including anaesthetic drugs licensed solely physician administration effect information patients satisfaction anxiety investigated previously h3methodsh3 eightyfive patients allocated randomly receive standard information leaflet anaesthesia group 1 standard leaflet plus manufacturers patient information leaflets propofol remifentanil group 2 anxiety assessed using state trait anxiety index stai visual analogue scale vas anxiety information read patients attitudes information assessed short questionnaire h3resultsh3 significant difference stai vas scores anxiety two groups information leaflets significantly patients received drug patient information leaflets felt received much information 0 group 1 ivsi 18 group 2 ipi0003 64 patients groups said would wish receive detailed anaesthetic drug information correlation stai vas scores anxiety iri08 h3conclusionsh3 minority patients 36 wish receive detailed anaesthetic drug information anaesthesia manufacturers drug patient information leaflets alter preoperative anxiety may safely issued patients requesting information