(www.neomundo.com.ar) people will go through a surgery might have unfounded fears, misconceptions and lot of anxiety about general anesthesia, concluded an investigation conducted with 460 patients.
“Our study clearly shows that many people don’t know how anesthesia and this situation generates many misconceptions.” “It is essential to take care of address this lack of information to reduce the anxiety of the patients,” said Mark Mitchell of the University of Salford (United Kingdom).
General anesthesia is one involving the entire body as the patient falls asleep and then does not remember anything of the operation. Throughout the procedure of health professionals control factors such as heart rate, breathing rate, and blood oxygen levels to ensure that the patient is well maintained.
PREOPERATORIOS fears
the researchers worked with 460 people who completed a questionnaire only 24 to 48 hours after having gone through surgery under anesthesia general.
85% Of the volunteers commented that he felt anxiety at the prospect of the use of general anesthesia. The main concern was the fear of not waking up, die while they were sleeping or waking up during surgery. Another source of anxiety was the fear of having to wait to enter the operating room. In turn, 41% of participants said that you didn’t like the idea of trust strangers.
On the other hand, the level of anxiety was much lower in people who had the support of a partner or friends, which interacted with the doctors and received an explanation of the procedure.
Mitchell said that it should pay more attention to the psychological aspects of the care of the patient that will pass through a general anesthesia. “Our research underlines the importance that patients receive timely well-designed information on anesthesia, with the objective of maintaining their anxiety at Bay,” said the specialist.
Mitchell explained that this information should include how the anesthesia is administered and how is controlled and monitored, to thus disperse any doubts or misconception about the procedure.
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