Gender of Anesthesiologist and Time to Labor Epidural

Recruiting

• Conditions: Labor Pain
• Interventions: Procedure: Epidural anesthesia

• Registration Number: NCT05744570
• Lead Sponsor: Umeå University

Brief Summary

The goal of this retrospective cohort study is to learn about wether the gender of the anesthetist affects time to epidural anesthesia (EDA) for laboring women . The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Is there a gender difference in time to applying EDA

2. What is the mean waiting for EDA in laboring women in Sweden

Participants (anesthesiologists) will be reviewed according to the time from when the midwife asks for EDA to anesthesiologist register that it was in place

Detailed Description

In certain hospital in Sweden, a module on the most contemporary Obstetric chart system in Sweden allows for registration of time from request of EDA to applied EDA.Time of request is made by the midwife and the Tim of application is registered by the anesthesiologist. Not all hospitals makes these registrations, thus only (i)hospitals having this module and (ii) hospitals willing to participate will be included.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-01
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-24
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-27
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-27
• Primary Completion: 2023-06-01
• Study Completion: 2023-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1200

Inclusion Criteria

• Registered maternal request of epidural/spinal anesthesia anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

• Not possible to determine gender by first name or by personal knowledge at participating site
• Duplicates
• Misregistered time-points of EDA
• Not receiving EDA (even if the initial intention was to apply EDA)
• Uncertain which anesthesiologist that registered the time-point (more than one anesthesiologist involved in documentation or application)
• None/ambiguous documentation of time-points

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Female anesthesiologist	Epidural anesthesia	The anesthesiologist gender defined by first name
Male anesthesiologist	Epidural anesthesia	The anesthesiologist gender defined by first name

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time from request of epidural anesthesia to anesthesiologist arrival to labor department	1minute -24 hours	The waiting time from midwife request of epidural anesthesia to anesthesiologist arrival

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time from request to application of epidural anesthesia	1minute-24 hours	The waiting time from midwife request of epidural anesthesia to anesthesiologist application of epidural anesthesia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centralsjukhuset Kristianstad; 🇸🇪 Kristianstad, Sweden