Study to estimate the efficiency of methods to improve documentation before, during and after anaesthesia for operations

Completed

• Conditions: status of anaesthesia record maintenance by anaesthesia provider

• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/01/011346

Brief Summary

The study was aimed to assess if multimodal intervention strategies are effective in improving perioperative anaesthetic documentation. Perioperative anaesthetic documentation is an integral part of patient care. Similar study has not been undertaken in our institution and for that matter, literature search didnt give any results from India. we used a scoring system to assess the efficacy of documentation. the same scoring was used to compare pre and post intervention groups. Multimodal intervention strategies included one to one classes, lecture sessions, posters etc. The study has been completed .

Our conclusion is that  there is a significant deficiency in perioperative anaesthetic documentation. By creating better awareness of existing guidelines on anaesthetic documentation, multimodal intervention strategies resulted in higher perioperative documentation scores. Scores were lower in emergency cases than in elective cases in both groups. Postoperative instructions for analgesics, fluid and oxygen therapy form an integral part of anaesthetic notes and their importance needs to be emphasised.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-01-03
• Study Completion: 2018-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

anaesthesia records of both elective and emergency cases studied.

Exclusion Criteria

Anaesthesiologists who were not willing to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perioperative anaesthetic documentation efficacy as assessed by a scoring system	Assessment of 100 cases each before and after the intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
difference in adequacy of documentation in elective and emergency cases	Assessment of 100 cases each before and after the intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

MOSC Medical College; 🇮🇳 Ernakulam, KERALA, India

MOSC Medical College

🇮🇳Ernakulam, KERALA, India

Manjit George

Principal investigator

9447411536

manjitgeorge@gmail.com