Development and Validation of a Pediatric Procedural Sedation Satisfaction Survey

The quality of care associated with medical procedures, such as procedural sedation, has historically been assessed from the perspective of the healthcare professional, wherein the appropriateness of the services provided and the skill with which this care was performed were considered. However, more recently, the perspectives of consumers of healthcare services (i.e. the patients) have also been sought in the form of patient satisfaction. A review of the literature shows that patient satisfaction is routinely assessed when determining the effectiveness of sedation; however, it is less frequently assessed as the primary outcome. In child-specific, validated studies, limitations are noted with respect to being validated in a language other than English and failing to encompass a variety of procedures. As a result, these validated tools are not appropriate for use with pediatric populations undergoing procedural sedation in North America, nor are these validated tools amenable to comparison with our proposed tool.