NCT05744570

Gender of Anesthesiologist and Time to Labor Epidural

The Influence of the Anesthesiologists' Gender on Time Delay for Labor Epidural Anesthesia

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Umeå University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this retrospective cohort study is to learn about wether the gender of the anesthetist affects time to epidural anesthesia (EDA) for laboring women . The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is there a gender difference in time to applying EDA 2. What is the mean waiting for EDA in laboring women in Sweden Participants (anesthesiologists) will be reviewed according to the time from when the midwife asks for EDA to anesthesiologist register that it was in place

Detailed description

In certain hospital in Sweden, a module on the most contemporary Obstetric chart system in Sweden allows for registration of time from request of EDA to applied EDA.Time of request is made by the midwife and the Tim of application is registered by the anesthesiologist. Not all hospitals makes these registrations, thus only (i)hospitals having this module and (ii) hospitals willing to participate will be included.

Conditions

• Labor Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Epidural anesthesia	Regional anesthesia for labor pain

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2023-09-01
• First posted: 2023-02-27
• Last updated: 2023-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden