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Article: Patients' knowledge of and attitudes towards anaesthesia and anaethetists in Hong Kong

TitlePatients' knowledge of and attitudes towards anaesthesia and anaethetists in Hong Kong
Authors
KeywordsAnesthesia
Knowledge, attitudes, practice
Patient education
Physician-patient relations
Issue Date1998
PublisherHong Kong Medical Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org.hk
Citation
Hong Kong Medical Journal, 1998, v. 4 n. 1, p. 16-22 How to Cite?
AbstractWe have performed a prospective, questionnaire-based survey on patients' knowledge of and attitudes towards anaesthetists in Hong Kong. Before their preoperative anaesthetic visit, 120 patients completed a three-section questionnaire. The first section consisted of questions designed to assess patients' knowledge about anaesthetists and their practice. The second section was designed to elicit their attitudes to anaesthetists and the third was a set of demographic questions. Seventy percent of patients recognised that anaesthetists are medical doctors and most realised that they provide anaesthesia for surgical procedures. However, there was scant knowledge of anaesthetists' perioperative role or their role in other aspects of patients care such as pain management, intensive care, resuscitation, research, and teaching. Patients felt it was important to be fully informed about the anaesthetic, and were keen to see their anaesthetist both preoperatively and postoperatively.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/44562
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.1
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.261

 

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dc.contributor.authorIrwin, MGen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFung, SKYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTivey, Sen_HK
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dc.date.issued1998en_HK
dc.identifier.citationHong Kong Medical Journal, 1998, v. 4 n. 1, p. 16-22en_HK
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dc.description.abstractWe have performed a prospective, questionnaire-based survey on patients' knowledge of and attitudes towards anaesthetists in Hong Kong. Before their preoperative anaesthetic visit, 120 patients completed a three-section questionnaire. The first section consisted of questions designed to assess patients' knowledge about anaesthetists and their practice. The second section was designed to elicit their attitudes to anaesthetists and the third was a set of demographic questions. Seventy percent of patients recognised that anaesthetists are medical doctors and most realised that they provide anaesthesia for surgical procedures. However, there was scant knowledge of anaesthetists' perioperative role or their role in other aspects of patients care such as pain management, intensive care, resuscitation, research, and teaching. Patients felt it was important to be fully informed about the anaesthetic, and were keen to see their anaesthetist both preoperatively and postoperatively.en_HK
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dc.subjectAnesthesiaen_HK
dc.subjectKnowledge, attitudes, practiceen_HK
dc.subjectPatient educationen_HK
dc.subjectPhysician-patient relationsen_HK
dc.titlePatients' knowledge of and attitudes towards anaesthesia and anaethetists in Hong Kongen_HK
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