Clinical trial NCT05364801: Impact of Anxiety on the Decision-making Processes of Anesthesiologists
Official title: Impact of Anxiety on the Decision-making Process of Anesthesiologists in the Choice of Drugs for Induction of General Anesthesia of Patients With Aspiration Risk Factors
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Anxiety
Decision Making
General Anesthesia
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-05-06
Enrollment: 500
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: A first phase will include all anesthesiologists of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand-Est regions (500 subjects) A second phase will include all anesthesiologists registered in France.

Brief summary: Except for exaggerated situations in which aspiration risk seems obvious (or absent), the choice of a rapid sequence induction protocol for general anesthesia is often made under uncertainty, according to the individual assessment of the balance between the aspiration risk on one hand and the anaphylaxis risk induced by short-acting curares on the other hand.

The impact of anxiety and impulsivity on the choice of induction protocols under uncertainty has never been studied before.

In order to investigate this issue, an online anonymous survey has been designed and will be sent to the anesthesiologists of the Bourgogne Franche-Comté and Grand Est regions in France.

The primary objective of this study is to assess the impact of trait-anxiety using the STAI-Y2 form on the decision-making process of anesthesiologists during the choice of an induction protocol for patients at risk of aspiration.

The secondary objectives are to characterize decision-making profiles, to measure the implicit dimension of anxiety using an Implicit association test, to study the impact of impulsivity on decision-making processes under uncertainty using the short version of UPPS-P scale and to study the role of socio-demographic data and professional history in these decisions.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* all anesthesiologists who have completed their PhD
* working in France
* in a public or private healthcare facility

Exclusion Criteria:

* residents
* retired anesthesiologists

Primary outcomes:
measure: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y2
timeFrame: at 4 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Decision-making profiles
timeFrame: at 4 months
measure: Implicit measure of anxiety
timeFrame: at 4 months
measure: Impulsivity measure : (negative) Urgency, (lack of) Premeditation, (lack of) Perseverance, Sensation (seeking) - Positive (urgency) scale (UPPS-P scale)
timeFrame: at 4 months
measure: Socio-demographics and professional history
timeFrame: at 4 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Besançon
country: France
facility: CHU Besançon
state: Doubs
Study officials:
affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
name: David FERREIRA, PH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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