Table 1 Study details and demographic data of study participants. IQR = Interquartile range
Part I: (participant Interview) | Part II: (field survey) | |
|---|---|---|
Duration of data collection in days | 248 | 16 |
(April 12th 2016 – December 16th 2016) | (December 5th 2018 – December 21st 2018) | |
Total number of participants | 120 | 25 |
Crossing over between parts I and II | 8 participants (6%) | |
Number of senior physicians (%) | 36 (30%) | 12 (50%) |
Number of residents (%) | 45 (37.5%) | 12 (50%) |
Number of nurse anesthetists (%) | 39 (32.5%) | / |
Number of female and male participants (%) | 57 (47.5%) / 63 (52.5%) | 12 (50%) / 12 (50%) |
Median (IQR) anesthesia experience group of participants in years | 5 to 10 (1 to 5 – more than 10) | 6 (2–9.5) |
Median (IQR) number of monitoring manufacturers whose products the participants had work experience with: | 2 (1–3) | |
Number of participants who had experience with the products of the three most common monitor manufacturers in this study: | Dräger (Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA. Lübeck, Germany): 120 (100%) | |
Philips (Koninklijke Philips N. V, Amsterdam, The Netherlands): 55 (46%) | ||
GE (General Electric Company, Boston, MA, USA): 21 (17.5%) | ||