Background Day surgery practice started rather late in mainland China, as it is not until 2001 when day surgery was officially launched. At present, Chinese patients’ cognition and attitudes towards day surgery are blurred with only few relevent research. The goal of this study was to investigate the situation of outpatients’ perioperative worries and its relationship with outpatients’ acceptance of day surgery in Zhejiang Province, China. Methods A total of 412 outpatients in Zhejiang Hospital were evaluated by a cross-sectional questionnaire survey between January 2019 to February 2019. To evaluate outpatients’ perioperative worries and acceptance of day surgery, 412 valid respondents out of all 420 outpatients were divided by 1. demographic characteristics, 2. been with or without worries. The correlation between worries and patient acceptance of day surgery was analyzed. Multinomial Logistic regression model was used to assess the relationship between them. Results Of the 412 outpatients, 83.5% reported perioperative worries about day surgery. Outpatients with worries were significantly older, with a higher incidence of comorbidities than those without worries. Age, educated degree, comorbidities, financial status, and surgery type were important factors of patient acceptance of day surgery. Outpatients without worries significantly scored higher in acceptance of day surgery than those with worries. The score of acceptance of day surgery was negatively correlated with perioperative worries. Compared with outpatients been worried about day surgery, those without worries had a lower risk of refusing day surgery. Conclusions The prevalence rate of perioperative worries about day surgery among Zhejiang outpatients was relatively high, and outpatients’ acceptance of day surgery was negatively associated with perioperative worries. We suggest developing and utilizing a perioperative care process to address outpatients’ perioperative worries, so as to improve outpatients’ acceptance of day surgery.
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