Factors Affecting Anesthesia Preferences of Gravid Women

Completed

• Conditions: Caesarean Section, Anaesthesia, Questionnaires
• Interventions: Other: Questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT02026284
• Lead Sponsor: Ankara University

Brief Summary

The investigators aim to evaluate the preferences for anaesthesia methods of gravid women who are to deliver baby by caesarean section, the rates of general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia, the reasons for preferences of general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia and the factors affecting these preferences.

A questionnaire consisting of 20 questions were applied to gravid women applying for delivery by elective caesarean operation, at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Hospital for Gynaecology and Obstetrics between February 2010 and February 2011, in order to study the anaesthesia technique the patients prefer and the reason behind their preferences. Those gravid women who accepted to take part in the study were provided information about the questionnaire and their oral and written approvals were obtained.

Detailed Description

The questionnaire was applied to the patients in visit queue a day before or while the patients were in waiting room for caesarean operation. The gravid women who were between 26th and 40th week of their pregnancy were included in the questionnaire. Those who were taken into emergency service, those with communication problems, those whose mental conditions deter them to answer questions and those who did not want to answer the questions on the questionnaire were excluded from the study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2011-02
• Study Completion: 2012-02
• Status Verified: 2013-12
• Study First Submitted: 2013-12-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-12-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-12-31
• Study First Posted: 2014-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 2014-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 750

Inclusion Criteria

• gravid women who were between 26th and 40th week of their pregnancy were included in the questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

• gravid women who were taken into emergency service, those with communication problems, those whose mental conditions deter them to answer questions and those who did not want to answer the questions on the questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Gravid women	Questionnaire	A questionnaire was performed to gravid women

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of participants who prefer regional anesthesia and who prefer general anesthesia	1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Factors affecting the preference of regional anesthesia and general anesthesia	1 day

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ankara University Medical School Anesthesiology and ICU Department; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey