Anesthesia Core Quality Metrics Consensus Delphi Study

NCT05386082 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H22-00519
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

Brief Summary

To develop a ranked list of up to 20 metrics, which can be used to evaluate the quality of anesthesia, perioperative care, and acute pain management for adult inpatient non-cardiac surgical patients for use in quality improvement and quality assurance, research, and continuing medical education in the Canadian care context.

Conditions

Anesthesia; Consensus Development

Keywords

Metrics; Perioperative care; Quality of anesthesia; Outcomes; Delphi

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Ranked list of anesthesia, perioperative care, and acute pain management quality metrics

  A ranked set of national consensus metrics for evaluating the quality of anesthesia, perioperative care, and acute pain management for adult noncardiac surgical patients that can be used for quality improvement and quality assurance, research, and continuing medical education in the Canadian care context. Metrics where \>70% participants voted "definitely priority" will be marked in the publication as the core metric set.

  late 2022

Study Arms (1)

Study participants

Study participants

Other: Modified Delphi process

Interventions

Modified Delphi process OTHER

The study involves a brief demographics survey and Delphi process, i.e. three rounds of information and surveys, in which participants will be asked to score/rank potential metrics.

Study participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The investigators aim to recruit 77 participants with the following characteristics: a) 26 anesthesiologists, b) 26 patients and/or their family members/caregivers, c) 9 surgeons, d) 4 nurses, e) 2 physicians each from internal medicine, emergency department, family practice, family practice anesthetists, and 4 health administrators or quality improvement leads

You may qualify if:

• Patient/family participants must have undergone a surgical experience within the past three years, and have the capacity to provide informed consent.
• All other participants must be actively practising in Canada in the disciplines they represent.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Participants with self-declared conflicts of interest with this project.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead

Study Sites (3)

BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3N1, Canada

Location

St. Paul's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Canada

Location

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 5S7, Canada

Location

Related Links

• Scoping review registration

Study Officials

• Matthias Görges, PhD

  The University of British Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 5, 2022
• First Posted: May 23, 2022
• Study Start: September 26, 2022
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2023
• Study Completion: November 1, 2023
• Last Updated: February 28, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (3)