Perioperative Aspirin Usage Survey

Terminated

• Conditions: Surgery; Cardiovascular Disease
• Interventions: Behavioral: Survey

• Registration Number: NCT02561507
• Lead Sponsor: University of New Mexico

Brief Summary

This is a survey of members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), to describe and explore current patterns of their decisions about withholding or continuation for patients taking aspirin (ASA) in the perioperative period. Secondarily, the survey will also explore surgeons' knowledge about the risks and benefits attending this decision, and about national organizations' recommendations.

Detailed Description

An announcement of the survey and invitation to participate will be posted in the "ACS Surgery News" newsletter published by the American College of Surgeons. Surgeons of all specialties will be invited to participate. No identifiers will be maintained with survey responses. In addition to the substantive questions below, typical demographic data will be obtained including participants' duration of practice, specialty, gender, state, etc.

The survey will include questions intended to characterize current practice surrounding the decision to continue or withhold aspirin in the perioperative period. Other questions will focus on surgeons' knowledge of national medical/surgical organizations that have published guidelines on the perioperative use of aspirin. Finally, other survey questions will characterize surgeons' knowledge of the platelet rebound effect.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-09-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-09-24
• Study First Posted: 2015-09-28
• Study Start: 2015-10
• Primary Completion: 2016-04
• Study Completion: 2016-05
• Status Verified: 2024-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-01-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• Members of the American College of Surgeons

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
American College of Surgeons members	Survey	Survey participants

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Typical proportion of participants' patients given a recommendation to stop taking aspirin	At time of survey; generally less than 20 minutes
Proportion of participants correctly identifying national organizations with perioperative aspirin recommendations	At time of survey; generally less than 20 minutes
Proportion of participants correctly answering questions about platelet rebound effect	At time of survey; generally less than 20 minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of New Mexico Hospital; 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States