Development and Psychometric Exploration of the Anesthesia Surrendering Instrument (ASI)
PurposeThe aim of this study was to develop and test an instrument to measure surrendering at the time of anesthesia induction and to explore the construct validity.DesignAn instrumental cross-sectional design was used and construct validity was evaluated via psychometric testing.MethodsThe anesthesia surrendering instrument (ASI) comprised 36 items. A total of 202 adults (older than 18 years) ans