Issues that Emerged from Past Experience of Preoperative Risk Assessment Discussions | The Overall Opinion of the SURPAS tool | Potential Concerns with Having Risk Assessment Information |
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Some patients needed more information than others | All patients liked SURPAS. Patients wanted to have a visual display of the risk to take home; They preferred the pictogram of 100 patients | Patients had mixed reactions to the question, “Would you still have the operation if your risk is high?” |
A feeling of being overwhelmed with the information - Not being able to remember details after the clinic visit | They believed it would be informative for relaying individual surgical risks | An additional concern existed over the scenario where the estimated risks were low but the patient still suffered a complication |
Information should be given to caregivers or family members | SURPAS facilitates understanding of their individual risk of complications, compared to an average risk |