Emotional and interpersonal factors are most important for patient satisfaction with anaesthesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 735-742

  Capuzzo, M ^a,b   Landi, F ^a   Bassani, A ^a   Grassi, L ^a   Volta, C A ^a   Alvisi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; General anaesthesia; Measurement techniques; Patient satisfaction; PONV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 21744434927     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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