Patient evaluation of routines in ambulatory hernia surgery
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چکیده
In order to make more effective use of clinical resources, the routines concerning ambulatory hernia surgery were altered in our department. Based on the information from the referring physician, patients not older than 75 years were elected for surgery without preor post operative consultations. A questionnaire, rating satisfaction using a five-step analogue scale, was sent to 169 patients (response rate 91%) subjected to ambulatory surgery during 1992-93, of which 76% had been accepted without a preoperative consultation. The mean patient wish for a preoperative consultation was 2.5, largely independent of age and distance to the hospital. Eighty two percent of the patients rated their satisfaction with the operative result to ‘4’ or ‘S’, signiticantly correlating the satisfaction with the information given. We conclude that, on condition that the communication with the general physician is good, it is possible to admit 75% of the patients to ambulatory surgery without a preoperative consultation. Although our patients received written information, many of them expressed a wish for hospital consultations. In addition. the present results also highlight the importance of adequate patient information in ambulatory surgery.
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