Construction of the contents of health education for perioperative anesthesia

Abstract

Objective To construct scientific and standardized perioperative anesthesia health education content and improve the cooperation degree of perioperative anesthesia for patients undergoing surgery. Methods From March to October 2017, on the basis of reading the literature, through qualitative interviews with nurses of the Anesthesiology Department of a Class Ⅲ Grade A hospital and 20 patients receiving general anesthesia, a draft of perioperative anesthesia health education content was formed. 17 anesthesia medical experts and 8 anesthesia nursing experts from 11 provinces in China were consulted and revised for 2 rounds by Delphi method. Results The recovery rates of pre-survey and two rounds of expert consultation papers were 100%, and the authority of experts was 0.896. The coordination of expert opinions by using Kendall Harmony Coefficient had statistical significance (P<0.001) . The perioperative anesthesia health education content with 2 first-level entries, 10 second-level entries and 60 third-level entries was constructed. Conclusions A scientific and standardized content of perioperative anesthesia health education has been initially formed, but it needs to be applied to clinical practice to further verify whether it is universal, generalized and easy to operate. Key words: Perioperative nursing; Nurse anesthetists; Anesthesia; Health education; Delphi method