Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of participants and their relation to patterns of patient-anesthetist communication, N: 400
Variables | Classifications | Frequency (n (%)) | Quality of anessthetist communication | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adequate (n (%)) | Inadequate (n (%)) | |||
Sex | Male | 174 (43.5) | 156 (43.2) | 18 (46.2) |
Female | 226 (56.3) | 205 (56.3) | 21 (53.8) | |
Age | 18 – 29 | 189 (47.3) | 171 (47.4) | 18 (46.2) |
30 – 39 | 110 (27.5) | 98 (27.1) | 12 (30.8) | |
40 – 49 | 52 (13.0) | 47 (13.0) | 5 (12.8) | |
50 – 59 | 25 (6.3) | 23 (6.4) | 2 (5.1) | |
≥ 60 | 24 (6.0) | 22 (6.1) | 2 (5.1) | |
Residence | Urban | 163 (40.8) | 146 (40.4) | 17 (43.6) |
Rural | 237 (59.3) | 215 (59.6) | 22 (56.4) | |
Language (Mother-tongue) | Amharic | 386 (96.6) | 359 (99.4) | 27 (69.2) |
Others | 14 (3.4) | 2 (0.6) | 12 (30.8) | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 168 (42.0) | 148 (41.0) | 20 (51.3) |
Primary school | 83 (21.0) | 78 (21.6) | 5 (12.8) | |
Secondary school | 79 (19.8) | 70 (19.4) | 9 (23.1) | |
College and above | 70 (17.3) | 65 (18.0) | 5 (12.8) | |
Previous hospital admission | Yes | 148 (37.0) | 134 (37.1) | 14 (35.9) |
No | 252 (63.0) | 227 (62.9) | 25 (64.1) | |
Previous anesthetic exposure | Yes | 91 (22.8) | 83 (23.0) | 8 (20.5) |
No | 309 (77.3) | 278 (77.0) | 31 (79.5) | |
ASA physical status | Class I | 205 (51.3) | 189 (52.4) | 16 (41.0) |
Class II | 195 (48.8) | 172 (47.6) | 23 (59.0) | |
Type of surgery | Elective | 145 (36.3) | 138 (38.2) | 7 (17.9) |
Emergency | 255 (63.8) | 223 (61.8) | 32 (82.1) | |
Class of surgery | General and urologic | 124 (31.0) | 114 (31.6) | 10 (25.6) |
Orthopedic | 88 (22.0) | 79 (21.9) | 9 (23.1) | |
Gynecologic | 63 (15.8) | 59 (16.3) | 4 (10.3) | |
Obstetric | 125 (31.3) | 109 (30.2) | 16 (41.0) | |
Type of anesthesia | General anesthesia | 165 (41.3) | 151 (41.8) | 14 (35.9) |
Regional anesthesia | 235 (58.8) | 210 (58.2) | 25 (64.1) | |
Preoperative pain | No pain | 58 (14.5) | 54 (15.0) | 4 (10.3) |
Mild pain | 129 (32.3) | 117 (32.4) | 12 (30.8) | |
Moderate-severe pain | 213 (53.3) | 190 (52.6) | 23 (59.0) | |
Postoperative pain | No pain | 55 (13.8) | 50 (13.9) | 5 (12.8) |
Mild pain | 281 (70.3) | 254 (70.4) | 27 (69.2) | |
Moderate-severe pain | 64 (16.0) | 57 (15.8) | 7 (17.9) | |
Preoperative anxiety | Yes | 237 (59.3) | 210 (58.2) | 27 (69.2) |
No | 163 (40.8) | 151 (41.8) | 12 (30.8) | |