Poor Correlation of Provider and Patient Satisfaction with Anesthesia in Ophthalmic Surgeries: A Secondary Analysis of a Clinical Trial.
Natalie SadlakMarissa G FiorelloHoward J CabralManju L SubramanianManishi A DesaiHyunjoo Jean LeePublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2022)
The data demonstrate a low level of association between patient satisfaction with anesthesia and provider satisfaction, even when patient language is taken into consideration. This suggests that providers are poor predictors of patient satisfaction with anesthesia and are unreliable judges of patient comfort perioperatively.