title: A survey on postanesthetic patient satisfaction in a university hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Patient satisfaction after anesthesia is an important outcome of hospital care. The aim is to evaluate the postoperative patient satisfaction during the patient stay at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three hundred and fifty-three patients who underwent surgery under general/regional anesthesia were surveyed. They were interviewed face to face on the first postoperative day. We recorded pain and pain controls in addition to some common complication of anesthesia like nausea and vomiting (postoperative nausea and vomiting) as a parameter to assess the rate of patient's satisfaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall level of satisfaction was high (95.2%); 17 (4.8%) patients were dissatisfied with their anesthetic care. There was a strong relation between patient dissatisfaction and: (i) Patients with poor postoperative pain control 13 (12.4%), (ii) patients with moderate nausea 8 (11.1%) and (iii) patients with static and dynamic severe pain 6 (21.4). Several factors were associated with dissatisfaction can be prevented, or better treated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that the patient satisfaction was high. Postoperative visit should be routinely performed in order to assess the quality and severity of postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting and the other side-effects postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Adel Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alshehri
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Yasser Mohammed
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Alomar
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Ghali Abdulrahman
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mohammed
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Mazen Saud
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Al-Fozan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Mohammed Saleh
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Al-Harbi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
authors.forename: Khalid Abduraziz
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Alrobai
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, NSSSH, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Haroon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zahoor
keywords: Anesthesia; nausea and vomiting; pain; patient satisfaction; postoperative complications