HUBUNGAN ANTARA PERSEPSI TERHADAP ANESTESI KETAMIN DENGAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN PADA PROSEDUR DILATASI DAN KURETASE

Abstract

Background: Dilation And Curettage Procedure is the most commonly performed operation. While ketamine is often used as its single anaesthetic agent, this drug has a strong analgesic effect in spite of some side effects which have been reported. The aim of this research is to look for and to classified patient’s perception of anaesthetic practices using ketamine in dilation and curettage procedure. Then to analize and to descibe its relationship with patient’s anxiety level. Method: this study was a survey using retrospective cross sectional design. The subject were 41 women who had undergone dilation and curettage procedure in Dr. Kariadi hospital in the period of September 2006 until Februari 2007 taken by consecutive sampling. The patient’s anxiety level and perception of anaesthetic practices using ketamine were measured using questionaire. The data were analyzed by somers’d correlations test. Result: 41 responders were selected, 30 people (73, 2 %) were at good perception, while the other 11 people (26, 8%) at intermediate perception, and there was no responder at the bad perception. The analysis of relationship between perception of anaesthetic practices using ketamine and patient’s anxiety level using the somers'd correlation test got r = 0,661 with the value Sig of 0,00. Conclusion: there is a significant relationship between patient’s anxiety level and perception of anaesthetic practices using ketamine. Key words: ketamine, perception, anxiety