The experience of being awake during orthopaedic surgery under regional anaesthesia

Early recovery following lower limb arthroplasty: Qualitative interviews with patients undergoing elective hip and knee replacement surgery. Initial phase in the development of a patient‐reported outcome measure

“…Some patients reported feelings of alarm at emerging from the anaesthetic. Previous studies have demonstrated that these feelings can be quite distressing for the patient in the perioperative phase (Bager, Konradsen, & Dreyer, ; Bergman, Stenudd, & Engström, ; Karlsson, Ekebergh, Mauleon, & Almerud Osterberg, ).…”

A qualitative study of the operating room experience of patients who underwent surgery under spinal anesthesia: “It was like an adventure”

“…Similarly, in another study, 21.58% of the patients reported that the operating room was terrifying, and 20.68% remembered it as a room full of lights and lamps (Özbayır et al, ). In contrast, in a study of Bergman et al, who examined the experiences of orthopedic patients undergoing regional anesthesia, the patients referred to the operating room as a sterile and warm environment (Bergman, Stenudd, & Engstro¨m, A., ).…”

“…In the current study, intraoperative sounds were observed as a subtheme of the theme, “it was like an adventure”, and the most common statement of the participants was “are you preparing for construction?”. In previous studies investigating the operating room experience of the patients, the operating room was often described as a butchery or workshop (Bergman et al, ; Yeşilyaprak & Özşaker, ). Similar to our study, Karlsson et al reported that the patients felt like construction materials during the operation (Karlsson et al, ).…”

“…Similar studies also reported that the patients witnessed the conversations between the team members during the anesthesia application in the operating room (Kent et al, ; Kotsovolis & Komninos, ). Bergman et al noted that the presence of various technical equipment and devices raised the patients' concern but after meeting the surgical team, they felt safe and calmed down (Bergman et al, ). Bull and FitzGerald suggested that nurses had a calming and positive effect on the individual undergoing surgery and that they had to make a quick decision in determining her/his individual needs.…”

Patients' Perceptions of Perioperative Quality of Care in Relation to Self-rated Health

“…25 The proportions in our results indicated that patients who estimated their health as being less than good were less satisfied with their opportunities to influence and participate in decisions about their care, and a significant difference was indicated regarding the item "Good opportunities to influence my body position in the theatre room." Patients' experiences in the theatre-room have previously been revealed 28,29 and have involved experiences of feelings of helplessness, loss of control over decision-making and loss of body control. According to Forsberg et al, 3 the patients' ability to participate in decisions in their perioperative care thus suggested a correlation between the information that they received with the aim of giving them knowledge about their conditions, treatments and their possible choices; patients stated that they missed such knowledge and that the possibility of their participation was therefore decreased.…”