Table Height Effects on Spinal Success by Residents in Indonesia

NCT07833800 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 25-08-1204
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 88
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Operating table height influences operator comfort and performance during neuraxial anaesthesia, particularly when the patient is positioned sitting. This study aimed to analyse the effect of operating table height on the success rate and incidence of complications during spinal anesthesia, particularly done by trainees/residents.

Conditions

This Study Focuses on Table Height Effect on Procedure Success While Doing Spinal Anesthesia

Keywords

Spinal; Subarachnoid; Table height; REBA; NBM

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Procedure sucess

  Determined as free flowing cerebrospinal fluid in spinal needle hub with total procedure time less than 10 minutes, redirection less than 5 minutes, and reinsertion less than 3 times, without occurrence of paresthesia and bloody tao

  Periprocedural

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Time to sucess

  Periprocedural

• Redirection

  Periprocedural

• Reinsertion

  Periprocedural

• Paresthesia

  Periprocedural

• Blood contamination

  Periprocedural

Study Arms (2)

Umbilicus

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients with table height set so that the puncture site is at operators' umbilicus level

Behavioral: Table height

Xyphoid process

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients with table height set so that puncture site is at the operators' xyphoid process level

Behavioral: Table height

Interventions

Table height BEHAVIORAL

Table height set so that the puncture site is at operators' umbilicus or xyphoid process level

Umbilicus; Xyphoid process

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• adult patients aged 18-65 years scheduled for elective surgery under neuraxial subarachnoid block anaesthesia
• classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III
• operator had performed fewer than 39 prior subarachnoid blocks

You may not qualify if:

• body mass index \>30 kg/m²
• contraindications to subarachnoid block
• patients' inability to be positioned sitting in accordance with the study protocol
• unwillingness to participate
• operator being unable to perform subarachnoid block according to protocol (injuries etc)
• table height being unable to be adjusted to the target level

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universitas Indonesia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universitas Indonesia

Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Special Capital Region, 10430, Indonesia

Location

Related Publications (1)

• ijerph19010595

  BACKGROUND

Related Links

• Step by step for REBA tools

Study Officials

• Rahendra Rahendra, MD

  Universitas Indonesia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Consultant Anaesthesiologist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 16, 2026
• First Posted: September 22, 2026
• Study Start: November 5, 2025
• Primary Completion: February 9, 2026
• Study Completion: February 9, 2026
• Last Updated: September 30, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF, CSR
• Time Frame: Beginning 3 months and ending 3 years after the publication of results
• Access Criteria: De-identified participant data supporting the results reported in this article will be made available upon reasonable request to qualified researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal via email. A data sharing agreement should be signed.

Locations

ID (1)