Intravenous Fluid Therapy in Hospitals

The administration of intravenous fluids plays a crucial role in critically ill patients to support optimal management and ensure patient safety. Knowledge and conceptual frameworks will influence a clinician's accuracy in providing intravenous fluid therapy to patients. Accurate administration of fluid therapy to patients will reduce unwanted side effects and decrease the overall treatment costs during hospitalization. Various considerations in administering intravenous fluid therapy are influenced by a clinician's level of knowledge. In Indonesia, doctors working in hospitals may have different levels of education and professional status. However, it is currently unclear whether these professional differences among doctors influence their knowledge in administering fluids to patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Knowledge Level Intravenous Fluid Therapy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo

Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta, 10430, Indonesia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All anesthesiologist residencies and are willing to complete the questionnaire.
All anesthesia specialists and subspecialists and are willing to complete the questionnaire until finished.

Exclusion criteria

All doctors who are unwilling and do not complete the survey questionnaire.

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaire

Other

This questionnaire consists of (five) main parts. The first part is about personal information, the second part is about fluid administration in various settings (emergency room, operating room, and intensive care unit), the third part is about fluid administration behaviors, the fourth part is about workplace location, and the fifth part is about a case study. Filling out this questionnaire will take approximately 60 minutes of your time.

Primary outcomes

Questionnaire regarding Physician Knowledge Level of Intravenous fluid therapy

Time frame: one day
Intravenous Fluid Therapy knowledge Scoring

The principle for scoring these scales is the same in all cases:
- Estimate the average of the items that contribute to the scale; this is the raw score. Calculating the raw score=(I1+I2+I3+…+In)/n.
- Use a linear transformation to standardize the raw score, so that scores range from 0 to 100; a higher score represents a higher ("better") level of knowledge. Formula use for standardization: Knowledge Score = {1-(Raw score-1)/range} X100
The maximum score is 100 (better outcome) The minimum score is 0 (worse outcome)

All the information related to intravenous fluid therapy is divided into five domains: (1) basic knowledge about electrolyte fluids, (2) intravenous fluid administration, (3) intravenous fluid composition, (4) fluid resuscitation, and (5) assessment of fluid volume status.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Indonesia University

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Registry information

Official study title

Physician Knowledge Level of Intravenous Fluid Therapy in Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Jul 27, 2023
Registry last updated: May 2, 2025

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