Assessing Knowledge & Attitude of Health Professionals Towards Anesthesia and the Anesthetist's Role.

NCT05968872 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 6525
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 252
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Misconceptions about anesthesia and anesthetists in the health professional community may limit anesthetists' participation in their roles. These misconceptions affect the morals of anesthetists since their activity will be limited only to operation theater and the community at large, who did not get the desired care. Improving health professionals' awareness of anesthesia will make it easier for anesthetists to practice their full role and to develop a sense of validation by having their importance acknowledged. Moreover, society will gate the care offered by the anesthetist in different places of medical care.

Conditions

Knowledge; Attitude

Keywords

Anesthesia; Attitude; Ethiopia; Health profetionals; knowledge

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• To determine health professionals' knowledge on anesthesia service

  The knowledge outcome was measured by dividing the correct answer to the total questions(15) as a percentage. Percentage scores \<50% are poor, 50%-75% moderate, and \>75% good.

  from may 1 to septamber 30 2022

• To determine health professionals' attitude on anesthesia service

  The attitude was measured by the Likert scale as agree, strongly agree, disagree, strongly disagree, or none. The likert scale is used to measure the percentage of positive or negative attitudes toward certain issues. Agree and strongly agree are considered as relatively similar responses while disagree and strongly disagree as similar responses. . Percentage scores \<50% are poor, 50%-75% moderate, and \>75% good.

  from may 1 to septamber 30 2022

Interventions

no intervation BEHAVIORAL

it is observational, no intervention was taken

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

the population of this study was all medical staff working at Dessie referral hospital. this staff includes all specialties like Nursing, laboratory, midwifery, medical doctors, psychiatry nurses, radiology, and others. all have the chance to participation

You may qualify if:

• All health professionals in Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital who are voluntary to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Group who are not voluntary,
• Anesthetists/anesthesiologists
• other institution medical staff worked as a contract at Dessie hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wollo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Dessie comprehensive specilized hospital

Dessie, Amhara, 801103, Ethiopia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Study Officials

• Woldemichael

  Wollo Universty

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Target Duration: 2 Days
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 13, 2023
• First Posted: August 1, 2023
• Study Start: May 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2022
• Study Completion: September 30, 2022
• Last Updated: August 7, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ET (1)