Anesthesia-related care dissatisfaction: a cohort historical study to reveal related risks

The anesthesiologist and the dissatisfied patient

“…In this issue of BJAN, Okuda et al assessed dissatisfaction with anesthetic care of patients submitted to general anesthesia in a Japanese hospital. 4 They performed a retrospective study investigating the dissatisfaction rate for anesthesia and its contributing factors by using a questionnaire that included anesthesia-associated adverse events and a simplified patient satisfaction scale. Of the 9,429 patients analyzed, 549 assessed the anesthetic care as unsatisfactory (5.82%).…”

“…Even if the exact reasons for the factors that contributed to dissatisfaction are unknown, the study suggests that there is room for improving our specialty. 4 …”

“…By looking at the results of Okuda et al, 4 it seems reasonable to accept that PONV could be associated with dissatisfaction, given the observation that patients classify nausea and vomiting as an undesirable surgical result. 12 …”