Table 2 Knowledge of in-house management of data on anaesthesia quality
Topics, Survey Questions (Italics) | Answer choices | Physicians | Nurses | Total | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 24) | (N = 28) | (N = 55) | χ2-test | ||
Reliability of data: “How reliable are the collected data, in your opinion?” | “reliable” | 1 (04%)* | 5 (19%) | 7 (13%) | n/a |
“moderate” | 8 (33%) | 17 (63%) | 27 (50%) | ||
“unreliable” | 15 (63%) | 5 (19%) | 20 (37%) | ||
Total respondents: | 24 | 27 | 54 | ||
Feedback about quality data: “Do you get feedback about the collected data on quality?” | “no” | 22 (92%) | 27 (96%) | 52 (95%) | n/a |
“yes” | 2 (08%) | 1 (04%) | 3 (05%) | ||
Total respondents | 24 | 28 | 55 | ||
Use of the data: “What are the collected data used for?” | “I don’t know” | 19 (79%) | 21 (75%) | 41 (75%) | n/a |
“I know” | 4 (17%) | 5 (18%) | 10 (18%) | ||
no answer | 1 (04%) | 2 (07%) | 4 (07%) | ||
Total respondents | 24 | 28 | 55 | ||
Handling of identified problems by leading board and management: “How do the institute”s leading board and the hospital management handle problems and flaws identified with the systematic registration of intraoperative events?” | answers | 23 (96%) | 23 (82%) | 49 (89%) | ** |
no answer | 1 (04%) | 5 (18%) | 6 (11%) | ||
Total respondents | 24 | 28 | 55 | ||
Who should enter the quality data: “In your opinion, who should ideally enter these data: anaesthesia physicians or anaesthesia nurses?” | “Physician” | 20 (83%) | 17 (61%) | 40 (73%) | 0.155 |
“Nurse” | 1 (04%) | 1 (04%) | 2 (04%) | ||
“both” | 3 (13%) | 10 (36%) | 13 (24%) | ||
Total respondents | 24 | 28 | 55 | ||
Need to improve data collection: “In your opinion, is there a need to improve data collection?” | “yes” | 8 (33%) | 17 (61%) | 27 (49%) | 0.108* |
“I don't know” | 11 (46%) | 9 (32%) | 21 (38%) | ||
“no” | 5 (21%) | 2 (07%) | 7 (13%) | ||
Total respondents | 24 | 28 | 55 | ||
Estimate of correct documentation: “Please estimate the percentage of “events” as captured in the record (categories hypotension, hypertension, bradycardia, tachycardia, hypoxia) correctly documented using the window “intra-operative events” | mean | 23.3% | 38.5% | 31.7% | 0.012 t-test1) |
SD | 18.2% | 23.3% | 22.0% | ||
lowest | 1 | 7.5 | 1 | ||
highest | 50 | 90 | 90 |