RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patient preferences for anaesthesia management during cataract surgery
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 333
OP 335
DO 10.1136/bjo.2003.028258
VO 88
IS 3
A1 D S Friedman
A1 S W Reeves
A1 E B Bass
A1 L H Lubomski
A1 L A Fleisher
A1 O D Schein
YR 2004
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/88/3/333.abstract
AB Background/aims: To assess patient preferences for different anaesthesia management strategies during cataract surgery. Methods: Cross sectional clinic based study of patient preferences for anaesthesia management strategies. Patients rated their preferences using a linear rating scale from 0 to 100. Results: Subjects tended to prefer block to topical anaesthesia and oral to intravenous sedation. On a scale from 0 to 100, subjects preferred oral to intravenous sedation and block to topical anaesthesia by about 8 points. Conclusions: When given the choice of four different anaesthesia management strategies, 72% of the study subjects preferred block anaesthesia to topical anaesthesia. More patients chose to have oral sedation than intravenous sedation. These findings indicate that patients may prefer anaesthesia management approaches other than the ones they are currently being offered.