1. What data in particular will be shared?
   Response - All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification.
   


2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
   Response -  Study Protocol
   Response -  Statistical Analysis Plan
   Response - Informed Consent Form
   Response - Clinical Study Report
   
   
3. Who will be able to view these files?
   Response - Researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal.
   


4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
   Response - To achieve aims in the approved proposal.
   


5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
   Response - Proposals should be directed to [gincy.luk@gmail.com].
   


6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 15-02-2024 and end date provided 16-07-2025?
   Response - Beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication.
   


7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
   Additional Information - NIL

Over the last few years, patient satisfaction has gained importance as a meaningful and essential source of information for identifying gaps in healthcare and bringing about changes, to improve the quality of care administered in hospitals. Anaesthetists are actively involved in providing peri-operative care to patients undergoing surgery. Factors which have been reported to affect patient satisfaction concerning anaesthesia services are; interaction between patient and anaesthetist, peri-operative anaesthetic management and postoperative follow-up.

We conducted a pilot study on 110 patients to assess their satisfaction with the anaesthetic services in our hospital. Patients were administered a 12-point Bauer satisfaction questionnaire (both in English and Malayalam) by a trained junior doctor on their first postoperative day. We found thirst (12/110, 11%) and pain at the surgical site (10/110, 9%) were the most common anaesthesia-related discomfort.

We plan to take include a larger cohort as the Control arm to assess satisfaction.

Following this, we plan to start interventions targeting postoperative thirst and pain as follows for one month. This includes:

1.     Reducing the preoperative fasting periods by asking patients to drink 200 ml of water at 6 am.

2.     Encouraging patients to use ice chips in the postoperative period.

3.     Six hourly assessments of pain using VAS pain scores on the first postoperative day and appropriate management by the concerned anaesthesiologist if VAS scores more than 4.

4.     Setting up of acute pain services to follow up patients undergoing major surgeries.

5.      Educational intervention in the form of lectures, bedside discussions and visual reminders (posters, computer screensavers) in the postoperative bay.

Once this intervention is in place, we will do a re-audit to evaluate satisfaction.