SATISFACTION OUTCOMESAFTER SPINAL ANESTHESIA FOR CAESAREAN SECTION IN KAUH IN JEDDAH AND IN MCH IN MAKKAH.

• Aim:To determine the level of the satisfaction in terms of intra-operative pain and postoperative nausea, vomiting, headache, backache among patients receiving spinal anesthesia for caesarean section.Methodology:Cross-sectional survey conducted in maternity and children hospital in Makkah from January 2014 to December 2015. A total of 200 pregnant patients undergoing caesarean section under spinal anesthesia were surveyed. A questionnaire was given to patients to score their satisfaction on a four-point visual analogue scale regarding:1-Pain during surgery, 2-Postoperative Nausea, and Vomiting (PONV), and 3-postoperative headache. The average of responses to questionnaire questions in each of the three areas was taken as the “FundamentalArea Score"(FAS) and the average of these individual (FAS) scores was taken as the Patient Satisfaction score(PSS).Results: There was a high satisfaction score for PONV (90%); but satisfaction regarding intra-operative pain/discomfort, postoperative backache and headache has a lower satisfaction score plotted, as (88%, 87% and 55% respectively).Patient’s overall level of satisfaction with spinal anesthesia was 90%.Conclusion: Most of the patients in the study were satisfied with their experience with spinal anesthesia although there was a high frequency of postoperative backache.