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NCT Number: NCT02239965

Qualitative Analysis of Barriers to Consistent Use of Neuromuscular Monitoring in General Anaesthesia

Monitoring the degree of neuromuscular blockade in general anaesthesia reduces complications and patient discomfort. However, monitoring is not applied consistently by Danish anaesthesia personnel. Surveys show that part of the explanation is that the anaesthetists often experience problems with the equipment used for monitoring, though the problems have not been described in detail.

We hypothesise that the lack of consistent monitoring in general anaesthesia is caused by insecurity in the anaesthesia personnel's set-up and use of the equipment, as well as in interpreting the measurement results.

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Key information

Conditions

Neuromuscular Blockade

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Herlev Hospital

Herlev, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • has been working in the field of anaesthesiology for at least 1 year.

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Description of the barriers to consistent neuromuscular monitoring, based on a qualitative analysis of focus group interviews with anaesthesiologists and nurse anaesthetists

    Time frame: Focus group interviews conducted Sep. - Oct. 2014 (2 months)

    Focus group interviews will collect participants' perspectives and will be analyzed for thoughts, opinions, and feelings in regard to neuromuscular monitoring. Specific problems experienced with the equipment and other possible barriers to the consistent use of monitoring will be described qualitatively.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Description of the problems experienced with neuromuscular monitoring in daily clinical practice

    Time frame: Clinical observations conducted in Sep. - Oct. 2014 (2 months)

    The problems experienced with neuromuscular monitoring will be described through a qualitative analysis of clinical observations of the personnel's daily use of the monitoring equipment,

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Herlev Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Sep 15, 2014
Registry last updated
Nov 1, 2019

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