The Influence of the Anesthesiologists' Gender on Time Delay for Labor Epidural Anesthesia
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Labor Pain
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
- Enrollment
- 1200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Time from request of epidural anesthesia to anesthesiologist arrival to labor department
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
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:
- Is there a gender difference in time to applying EDA
- 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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Time from request of epidural anesthesia to anesthesiologist arrival to labor department
Time Frame: 1minute -24 hours
The waiting time from midwife request of epidural anesthesia to anesthesiologist arrival
Secondary Outcomes
- Time from request to application of epidural anesthesia(1minute-24 hours)