Satisfacción de la recuperación anestésica en pacientes sometidos a anestesia general en el Hospital de Especialidades José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca 2023

Abstract

Background: the quality of anesthetic recovery is a crucial process during the postoperative period, since various complications may occur during this period; its success will depend on operational, physiological and psychological dimensions. Objective: determine the level of satisfaction of anesthetic recovery in patients undergoing general anesthesia, José Carrasco Arteaga Specialty Hospital, Cuenca 2023. Methods: descriptive, cross-sectional study. 275 patients who met the inclusion criteria were surveyed; non-probabilistic convenience sampling was applied. To evaluate anesthetic recovery satisfaction, the validated QoR-40 form was used. Descriptive statistics were used. Results: gynecological surgery was the most frequent with 24%, 64.4% received balanced general anesthesia, 59.6% had surgery lasting between 30 to 60 minutes, 87.3% were categorized as ASA II, 7.6 % present transoperative complications. 38.4% of patients were dissatisfied, 57.8% partially satisfied and only 3.3% satisfied. The highest prevalence of dissatisfied patients was seen in gynecological surgeries, total intravenous anesthesia, with operating time between 30 to 60 min, and ASA II. with 12%, 25.5%, 21.5% and 36.7% respectively. The highest scores according to the QoR40 questionnaire were evident in the dimension of comfort, support received and emotions. According to the perception of the quality of care of all the participants, they indicated that the care was of good quality. Conclusions: according to the QoR-40 assessment, the majority of participants were dissatisfied or partially satisfied with anesthesia care.