[Surgical patients' attitude towards anesthesia].

ABSTRACT

There are few studies assessing the degree of understanding of anesthesia among surgical patients in Taiwan. So we designed a questionnaire to explore patients' attitude toward anesthesia. 505 patients scheduled for routine surgery were included in this study. We found there were great differences between the patients in their attitude toward and understanding of anesthesia. It is clear that we must give much more attention to communicating clearly with our patients in this regard. Further detailed studies may be useful in revealing particular area of misunderstanding.