Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Clients’ experiences in their first entry to the operating room: a descriptive phenomenological study
Authors' conclusion
Patients' exposure to an unfamiliar place with new and unknown equipment, personnel with different clothing, stress, worry, psychosomatic reactions following stress, and annoying environmental factors can lead to an unpleasant experience for patients, if they are not managed. Also, the effective communication of the surgical team with the patients leads to reducing or removing the stress and complications caused by it.
Study context
- Population
- Patients entering the OR for the first time for elective surgery under GA in the last 6 months
- Participants
- 17 patients
- Outcome
- Experiences of clients in the first entry to the OR
Methodological detailsqualitative, purposive sampling, in-depth semi-structured interviews, seven-step Colaizzi analysis, Lincoln and Guba's four reliability criteria observed
- Qualitative
- Purposive sampling
- In-depth semi-structured interviews
- Seven-step Colaizzi analysis
- Lincoln and Guba's four reliability criteria observed
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Themes of patients' experiences
Codes
308
Sub-themes
10
Primary themes
6
General themes: unpleasant emotions experienced, unpleasant atmosphere factors, induction of relaxation and hope
3
Original publication
Clients’ experiences in their first entry to the operating room: a descriptive phenomenological study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 27 January 2025. doi:10.
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