First Author: V.Laksanaphuk THAILAND
Co Author(s): W. Tulvatana P. Hirunwiwatkul W. Prateepasen Y. Kulvitit M. Iamsukhon
Purpose:
To invent the equipment to enhance patient relaxation and facilitate doctor-patient communication during elective ophthalmic surgery
Setting:
: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Methods:
We invented the equipment consists of a microphone headset wearing by surgeon, and an earphone wearing by patient, both connect to the same computer, which could be switched between music and surgeon voice when the surgeon wanted to talk to the patient. After that, 158 patients who underwent elective ophthalmic surgery under local anesthesia with training residents or fellows under supervision of their staffs were included. They were randomized into 2 groups: with or without our equipment. The surgery was performed as usual. The patients answered the same questionnaires pre-and post-operatively in order to assess anxiety scores. Postoperative anxiety scores were analyzed between the two groups using Mann-Whitney test.
Results:
There were 78 patients using the equipment and 80 patients without the equipment. Our equipment could be used well for communication between surgeon and patient. We recorded age, gender, music preference, type of operation, previous ocular surgery, anesthetic type, operative time, and anxiety scores. The two groups were similar in baseline. But postoperative anxiety scores between groups did not show significant difference. Median scores (interquartile range) were 8.00 (6) and 7.00 (8) in group with and without equipment respectively (P-value = 0.612).
Conclusions:
Our equipment can be used well during the surgery, but there was no statistical significance in the postoperative anxiety scores between groups.
Financial Disclosure:
None
