Impact of Anesthetic Environment the Sex Ratio of the Children of Female Assistants

Completed

• Conditions: Anesthetics Adverse Reaction; Anesthesia, General
• Interventions: Drug: Anesthetics, Inhalation

• Registration Number: NCT04532502
• Lead Sponsor: University of Liege

Brief Summary

The aims of this multi center retrospective study was to determine:

* whether the sex ratio of the offspring of female assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation differs from that of the population at large

* whether the assistants' work environment at the time of their offspring's conception influences the sex of their offspring

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-25
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-31
• Study Start: 2021-10-02
• Status Verified: 2021-12
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-02
• Study Completion: 2021-12-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2021-12-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 143

Inclusion Criteria

• Female assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (Belgium) who conceived one or more children in the course of their training between 2009 and 2019 and who delivered before the end of 2019 (cut-off: midnight on 31 December 2019)

Exclusion Criteria

• Male assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation
• Female assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation who trained before 2009 or after 2019.
• Female assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation who relied on medically assisted reproduction.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Study group	Anesthetics, Inhalation	All female assistants in anesthesia

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Offspring sex ratio	5 years (duration of anesthesia training)	Offspring sex ratio of female anesthesia assistants will be recorded

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ULiege; 🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium