Factors Affecting Anesthesia Preferences of Gravid Women

• Sponsor: Ankara University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT02026284
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 750
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 24
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 31.3

Study Details

Study Description

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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Caesarean Section, Anaesthesia, Questionnaires	Other: Questionnaire

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 Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 750 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Prospective
• Official Title: Factors Affecting Anesthesia Preferences of Gravid Women Who Are to Deliver by Caesarean Section
• Study Start Date: Feb 1, 2010
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Feb 1, 2011
• Actual Study Completion Date: Feb 1, 2012

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Gravid women A questionnaire was performed to gravid women	Other: Questionnaire; A questionnaire was performed to gravid women who are to deliver, regarding theri anesthesia preferences.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Percentage of participants who prefer regional anesthesia and who prefer general anesthesia [1 day]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Factors affecting the preference of regional anesthesia and general anesthesia [1 day]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 Years to 44 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Ankara University Medical School Anesthesiology and ICU Department	Ankara		Turkey

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Ankara University

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Helin Sahintürk, Specialist, Ankara University Medical School Anesthesiology and ICU

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Sanem Cakar Turhan, Specialist, Ankara University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02026284
• Other Study ID Numbers: 38-828
• First Posted: Jan 1, 2014
• Last Update Posted: Jan 1, 2014
• Last Verified: Dec 1, 2013

• Keywords provided by Sanem Cakar Turhan, Specialist, Ankara University: Caesarean section; Anaesthesia; Questionnaires

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jan 1, 2014