Table 1 Characteristics of previous surveys
Authors | Journal | Publication year | Survey questions | Number of anaesthesiologists responding | Total number of anaesthesiologists | Response rate | Key results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Myles PS, et al. [22] | Anaesthesia | 2003 | 22 | 186 | 220 | 85.0% | Many anaesthetists have had a patient who exhibited awareness under anaesthesia, but most rated awareness as only a moderate problem. |
Lau K, et al. [21] | Eur J Anaesthesiol | 2006 | 26 | 2170 | 4927 | 44.0% | Most anaesthetists accept that clinical signs are unreliable indicators of awareness; few believe that DoA monitors should be used for routine cases in the UK. |
Ben-Menachem E, et al. [8] | Anesth Analg | 2014 | 23 | 289 | 963 | 30.0% | The primary driver for the use of DoA monitoring in Australia is prevention of awareness. |
Cheung YM, et al. [23] | BMC Anaesthesiol | 2018 | 24 | 168 | 553 | 30.0% | Prevention of awareness is the most important reason to use DoA monitoring in children. The perceived lack of reliability of DoA monitoring in children is the most important reason not to use it. |