Anesthetists After the Pandemic in the Eyes of the Public

Anesthesia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Are Anesthetists Still Secret Heroes After the Pandemic?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05741320
• Other study ID #: E1-21-2118
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

Anaesthesia and anesthesiologist from the very beginning has obtained "Behind the screen" role. This is of great concern as the field of Anesthesiology has expanded its services to various specialities like intensive care, postoperative pain management, labour analgesia, accident and trauma management, casualty etc. the role assigned to the anesthesiologist remains inaccurate even during COVID 19 pandemic.

The aim of this study was to evaluate general publics' perception about anesthesiologist& anesthesia in operating and especially intensive care units during COVID 19 pandemic.

Description:

Method: A questionnaire consisting of 27 questions was asked to fill by the general population via the social media. The questionnaire consists of two parts: The first part includes demographic data such as age, gender, education level, occupation; the second part includes the questions about anesthesia experience and knowledge.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1500
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects older than 16 years of age and not working in any health sector will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• if she/he doesn't want to join

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anesthesia
• COVID-19
• COVID-19 Pandemic

Intervention

Other:
• questionnaire
27 questions will be asked to public to find out what is the role of anesthetists after the covid pandemic

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Aygün Güler	Ankara	Çankaya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (6)

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Whitty P, Goodwin D, Shaw IH. Patients' perception of the anaesthetist and anaesthesia. Anaesthesia. 1994 Jul;49(7):644-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb14248.x. No abstract available. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	who are the anesthesist	the anesthetist's role will be evaluated by yes-no or don't know	questionare will be administered online for a one month period.
Primary	covid19 and anesthetists	Whether anesthetists' duties during the covid19 pandemic are known to the public will be evaluated with yes, no or I don't know.	questionare will be administered online for a one month period.