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Knowledge And Attitudes Of Pakistani Women Towards Anaesthesia Techniques For Caesarean Section, Imtiaz Ahmad, Gauhar Afshan Apr 2011

Knowledge And Attitudes Of Pakistani Women Towards Anaesthesia Techniques For Caesarean Section, Imtiaz Ahmad, Gauhar Afshan

Department of Anaesthesia

OBJECTIVE: To assess knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani women towards different options of anaesthesia techniques for caesarean section and also to identify their sources of information about them.

METHODS: A total of 410 women scheduled for elective caesarean section were enrolled after informed written consent in this hospital based cross sectional survey. The women were interviewed preferably in Urdu (national) language according to structured pre coded questionnaire by one of the investigators and the sequence of questions was strictly followed. This survey included pertinent questions to assess knowledge and attitudes of our women towards choices of anaesthesia techniques. The questionnaire …