Table 2.
Sequelae of anesthesia, attitudes to perioperative care, and postoperative symptoms
| n (%)a | |
|---|---|
| Surgical and anesthetic outcomes | |
| Complications with epidural anesthesia (yes) | 31 (17.2) |
| Needling >3 times (yes) | 24 (13.3) |
| Dural puncture (yes) | 4 (2.2) |
| Bleeding from epidural space (yes) | 7 (3.9) |
| Perioperative adverse effects (yes) | 121 (67.2) |
| Respiratory events (yes) | 17 (9.4) |
| Cardiac events (yes) | 106 (58.9) |
| Neurological events (yes) | 5 (2.8) |
| Patients’ views | |
| “Feeling safe regarding anesthesia” | |
| Strongly agree | 70 (39.3) |
| Agree | 105 (59.0) |
| Neutral | 3 (1.7) |
| Disagree | 0 (0.0) |
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0) |
| “Satisfaction with the preoperative anesthesia education” | |
| Strongly agree | 76 (42.7) |
| Agree | 100 (56.2) |
| Neutral | 1 (0.6) |
| Disagree | 1 (0.6) |
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0) |
| “Having good communication with medical staff” | |
| Strongly agree | 86 (48.3) |
| Agree | 91 (51.1) |
| Neutral | 1 (0.6) |
| Disagree | 0 (0.0) |
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0) |
| “Having good interactions with family before operation” | |
| Strongly agree | 91 (51.1) |
| Agree | 86 (48.3) |
| Neutral | 0 (0.0) |
| Disagree | 0 (0.0) |
| Strongly disagree | 1 (0.6) |
| “Having good interactions with family after operation” | |
| Strongly agree | 59 (33.1) |
| Agree | 114 (64.0) |
| Neutral | 4 (2.2) |
| Disagree | 1 (0.6) |
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0) |
| Postoperative symptoms | |
| Experienced postoperative symptoms | |
| Dry lips/throat (yes) | 130 (73.0) |
| Drowsiness (yes) | 78 (43.8) |
| Sore throat (yes) | 57 (32.0) |
| Lumbar pain (yes) | 53 (29.8) |
| Hoarseness (yes) | 40 (22.5) |
| Nausea (yes) | 32 (18.0) |
| Shoulder pain (yes) | 27 (15.2) |
| Vomiting (yes) | 25 (14.0) |
| Headache (yes) | 21 (11.8) |
| Change in mood (yes) | 16 (9.0) |
| Shivering (yes) | 13 (7.3) |
| Fever (yes) | 11 (6.2) |
| Total number of postoperative symptoms | |
| ≤2 | 73 (41.1) |
| ≥3 | 105 (58.9) |
| Pain | |
| Pain expectation | |
| Less than expected | 96 (53.9) |
| About as expected | 60 (33.7) |
| More than expected | 22 (12.4) |
| Level of pain at 2 hb | |
| 0 | 6 (3.3) |
| 1 | 54 (30.0) |
| 2 | 75 (41.7) |
| 3 | 40 (22.2) |
| 4 | 5 (2.8) |
| 5 | 0 (0) |
| Level of pain at 24 hb | |
| 0 | 19 (10.7) |
| 1 | 97 (54.5) |
| 2 | 47 (26.4) |
| 3 | 14 (7.9) |
| 4 | 0 (0) |
| 5 | 1 (0.6) |
| Pain reduction between 2 and 24 h | |
| Reduced | 88 (49.4) |
| Not changed | 66 (37.1) |
| Worsened | 24 (13.5) |
aTotal patient cohort (n) = 180 patients. Discrepancy in the number of patients in some categories is due to two patients being unable to complete the survey as a result of poor postoperative condition
bPain was measured by a six-level face-scale score. Higher score indicates more severe pain