Knowledge About Anaesthesiology and Anaesthesiologists

February 18, 2020 updated by: SHANKAR LAL, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda

Degree of Knowledge About Anaesthesiology and Anaesthesiologists Among Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Object: To determine the Knowledge about anaesthesiologist's role and responsibilities along with the field of anaesthesiology among patients.

Study Design: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Place and Duration of Study: National Guard Health Affairs, from 1st December 2017 to 30th March 2018.

Methodology: After informed consent patients were asked to answer the questionnaire comprising of 12 open-ended questions regarding their knowledge about anaesthesiologist and anaesthesiology. Scoring as per correct and incorrect questions was done using version 19 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

INTRODUCTION:

Anaesthesiology is still an emerging specialty in comparison to medicine and the field of surgery. Unawareness, infrequent exposure, and limited direct patient interaction have resulted in into least knowledge regarding the field of anaesthesiology among patients get admission to the hospital. The role, status of the anaesthesiologist and the awareness about the specialty of anaesthesiology has always been an active issue in the general population of most of the countries. Ongoing advancement in the field of anaesthesiology has facilitated complex surgical procedures, but it has never been acknowledged anywhere in media. Several studies done on the same subject is a reflection of efforts of professional bodies around the world towards improvement in the spread of awareness about the field of anaesthesiology and role of anaesthesiologist but these are still largely inaccurate.

A survey done even in developed countries outside the operating rooms depicted that the patients have limited awareness about the role of anaesthesiologists. A survey was done in India in 2018 showed that there was widespread ignorance about the anaesthesiology and role of anaesthesiologist in patients attending rural healthcare facilities. A 2009 survey in government busy setting of India showed that only 56% of patients knew that anaesthesiologist is a doctor. A survey done in the year 2004 revealed a high number of around 80% of patients visiting hospital recognized anaesthesiologist as a doctor but were unaware of their responsibilities in the hospital.

In the era of the rise in media and the Internet, an enhancement can be seen in awareness about anaesthesiology. Awareness about anaesthesiology and anaesthesiologists is an important better relationship between patient and doctor.

Methodology:

A cross-sectional study was conducted at the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 1st December 2017 to 30th March 2018. The sample size was calculated using the WHO Sample Size Calculator. In a previous study, knowledge regarding anaesthesiologists and anaesthesiology was about 51.52% therefore 384 patients will be included in this study to estimate knowledge within 5 percent point (margin of error) of the true value (51.52%) with 95% confidence interval. Using Non-probability purposive sampling patients falling in inclusion criteria were included after taking ethical committee approval and patient's consent. Patients of either gender aged 18 to 60 years were included regardless of the specialty of surgery. We excluded those patients who refused to give consent and those were unable to give consent because of being language bearer, mentally not bill to understand questionnaires and doctors who were admitted as patients. Knowledge about anaesthesiologists and the field of anaesthesiology was measured by asking the questionnaire comprising 12 questions. Patients were interviewed by the preoperative anaesthetist and principal investigator on the ward. Each interview lasted for 10-20min and was based on a questionnaire in English and Arabic language. The questionnaire consisted of questions modified from previous studies and added questions. It had two parts; demographics i.e. age, gender, educational level, occupation, previous anaesthesia experience and type of surgery, the second part will consist of 12 questions about anaesthesiology and anaesthesiologist. Patients giving the correct responses to 8 out of 12 questions were considered to have knowledge. Data were analyzed using statistical packages for social science version 19 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). Frequency and percentage were computed for gender, type of surgery, education level, previous surgery, Patient's knowledge about anaesthesiology and anaesthesiologist. Mean and the standard deviation was estimated for age. Stratification was done to control effect modifiers like gender, age, education level, previous surgery to observed the Patient's knowledge about anaesthesiology and anaesthesiologist through the chi-square test. p≤0.05 is considered as significant.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

385

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Ireland
    • Louth
      • Drogheda, Louth, Ireland, A92 R9Y0
        • Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adult Patients

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients admitted in national guard health affairs.
  • Age 18 and above.
  • Both male and female

Exclusion Criteria:

  • People refusing to give consent.
  • Pediatric patients (patients up to age of 16 years).
  • Language barrier.
  • Patient unable to understand the questions due to disability.
  • Patients who are doctors.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Survey
Knowledge survey
Other: SURVEY
QUESTIONAIRRE

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of participants having knowledge about field of anaesthesiology and role of anaesthetist assessed with questionnaire.
Time Frame: 1 year
Patients Giving Correct answers of 8 Questions Out Of 12 on questionnaire will be Labelled having sufficient Knowledge. If the Total Number of Correct answers is less than 8 out of 12, it will be considered Insufficient Knowledge about Anaesthesiology and Role of Anaesthetists.
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

December 1, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

March 30, 2018

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

March 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 26, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 18, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

February 21, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 21, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 18, 2020

Last Verified

February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NGHA1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Anaesthesiology

Clinical Trials on SURVEY

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Uruguay

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe