Poor Correlation of Provider and Patient Satisfaction with Anesthesia in Ophthalmic Surgeries: A Secondary Analysis of a Clinical Trial

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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

Demographic Variables	n (% of Total) (N = 283)
Age (years)
<40	23 (8.1%)
40–49	42 (14.8%)
50–59	63 (22.3%)
60–69	90 (31.8%)
70–79	48 (17.0%)
80+	17 (6.0%)
Sex
Male	159 (56.2%)
Female	124 (43.8%)
BMI (kg/m^2)
<35 (lower dose)	229 (80.9%)
≥35 (higher dose)	54 (19.1%)
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino	101 (35.7%)
Non-Hispanic/Latino	173 (61.1%)
Unknown	9 (3.2%)
Race
American Indian/Alaskan Native	1 (0.4%)
Asian	2 (0.7%)
Black/African American	110 (38.9%)
Declined	101 (35.7%)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	1 (0.4%)
Other	10 (3.5%)
White	58 (20.5%)
Language
English	157 (55.5%)
Spanish	97 (34.3%)
Haitian Creole	29 (10.2%)
Medical Conditions
Systemic hypertension	179 (63.3%)
Tobacco use	55 (19.4%)
Hypercholesterolemia	51 (18.0%)
Heart disease	41 (14.5%)
Diabetes mellitus	138 (48.8%)
Hyperlipidemia	104 (36.7%)
Asthma/bronchitis/COPD	33 (11.7%)
None	52 (18.4%)

Table 2 Correlation Between Provider and Patient Satisfaction with Anesthesia for Single Question Measures

	Correlation with Patient Satisfaction R (p-value, [95% CI])
Pain
Surgeon Satisfaction	0.382 (p < 0.001, [0.278, 0.478])
Anesthesiologist Satisfaction	0.205 (p < 0.001, [0.091, 0.314])
Anxiety
Surgeon Satisfaction	0.356 (p < 0.001, [0.250, 0.454]
Anesthesiologist Satisfaction	0.242 (p < 0.001, [0.129, 0.348])

Figure 1 Plot displaying the correlation between patient satisfaction and surgeon satisfaction.

Figure 2 Plot displaying the correlation between patient satisfaction and anesthesia provider satisfaction.