Preparation, validation, and evaluation of an information leaflet for patients undergoing day-care surgeries under general anesthesia at a busy tertiary care hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

It is essential that patients posted for day-care surgeries are adequately prepared preoperatively. Verbal information alone may not be always effective. This study aimed to prepare, validate, and evaluate the efficacy of a patient information leaflet (PIL) for patients undergoing day-care surgeries under general anesthesia (GA).

Material and methods

After approval from the hospital ethics committee a PIL was prepared in English. Readability and design of the leaflet were checked using standard tests: Flesch readability ease test (FRE), Flesch Kincaid grade level (FKGL), and Baker Able leaflet design (BALD). It was translated into three regional languages. The PIL was tested among patients using a questionnaire. Seventy-nine adult patients posted for elec

SUBMITTER: Panigrahi AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8289658 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature