Utility of a Pre Anaesthesia Checkup Smartphone Application (PAC-App) in Enhancing Patient and Anesthesiologists’ Experience and Patient Safety- An exploratory survey

1. Aims and methods of research: To assess the perceptions of anesthesiologists  regarding the benefits and limitations of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based PAC. To identify barriers to adopting AI based PAC in clinical practice.

2. Methods: This descriptive observational study will be conducted at All India Institute of Medical Sciences at New Delhi, India. Ethical clearance will be taken from the institutional ethics committee before disseminating the questionnaire survey amongst various anaesthesiologists groups.. After validation of the questionnaire, the google form comprising the participant consent form and the questionnaires shall be circulated amongst practicing anaesthesiologists, who are the primary responders. The first page of the google form shall comprise a consent form through which your consent shall  be obtained. You shall be asked to respond to a  questionnaire in the form of  google form, comprising 20-25 questions. Data will be extracted from the filled up questionnaire, which will follow the  filled up by responders. The questions of the survey will  be directed to know your  attitude and perception about using a pre-anaesthesia checkup app.  Aforementioned data shall be collected on a pre-structured proforma/excel sheet. The responses of the participant shall be denoted as a positive response, neutral response, negative response and inconclusive response. The statistician will then analyze pre-collected data.

3. Primary Objective-To assess the perceptions of anesthesiologists  regarding the benefits and limitations of AI-based PAC and identify barriers to the adoption of AI-based PAC in clinical practice.

4. Material and methods

Type of Study: Descriptive Observational study

Duration of study: July 2025 onwards upto a duration of 6 months or till the minimum numbers of responses according to the sample size calculated are collected,  whichever is later.

Sample size: After performing content validity by specialists as well as a pilot survey, sample size shall be calculated.

Place of study: Study will be conducted at the Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical care at AIIMS, NEW Delhi.

Inclusion criteria

All qualified anaesthesiologists , with either M.D or DNB degree, currently working in the government or private sector, shall be recruited in the study as participants.

Exclusion criteria

Anaesthesia residents who are completing their masters in anaesthesiology, either MD or DNB degree.