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    <required_header>
      <download_date>ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023</download_date>
      <link_text>Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.</link_text>
      <url>https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05968872</url>
    </required_header>
    <id_info>
      <org_study_id>6525</org_study_id>
      <nct_id>NCT05968872</nct_id>
    </id_info>
    <brief_title>Assessing Knowledge &amp; Attitude of Health Professionals Towards Anesthesia and the Anesthetist's Role.</brief_title>
    <official_title>Assessing Knowledge and Attitude of Health Professionals Towards Anesthesia and Anesthetist's Role in the Health Delivery System at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, From May 1st to September 30th, 2022, G.C.</official_title>
    <sponsors>
      <lead_sponsor>
        <agency>Wollo University</agency>
        <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
      </lead_sponsor>
    </sponsors>
    <source>Wollo University</source>
    <oversight_info>
      <has_dmc>Yes</has_dmc>
      <is_fda_regulated_drug>No</is_fda_regulated_drug>
      <is_fda_regulated_device>No</is_fda_regulated_device>
    </oversight_info>
    <brief_summary>
      <textblock>
        Misconceptions about anesthesia and anesthetists in the health professional community may&#xD;
        limit anesthetists' participation in their roles. These misconceptions affect the morals of&#xD;
        anesthetists since their activity will be limited only to operation theater and the community&#xD;
        at large, who did not get the desired care. Improving health professionals' awareness of&#xD;
        anesthesia will make it easier for anesthetists to practice their full role and to develop a&#xD;
        sense of validation by having their importance acknowledged. Moreover, society will gate the&#xD;
        care offered by the anesthetist in different places of medical care.&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </brief_summary>
    <detailed_description>
      <textblock>
        Data were collected using self-administered, pretested questionnaires prepared in english and&#xD;
        then translated into amharic. The Amharic version of the questionnaire was assessed for&#xD;
        compatibility with the english version by a group of people who converted it back to english&#xD;
        and compared the converted versions. The questionnaire consists of three parts. The first&#xD;
        part was about socio-demographic characteristics; the second part was about participants'&#xD;
        knowledge about anesthesia; and the third part was about professionals' attitudes towards&#xD;
        anesthesia. After informing each participant about the purpose of the study and obtaining&#xD;
        informed consent, data collection began. After the questionnaires were filled out by the&#xD;
        participants, the two trained data collectors compiled and checked the data for any conflicts&#xD;
        that may have occurred during the data collection.&#xD;
  &#xD;
        The development and translation of the questionnaire was the most challenging task, and it&#xD;
        was developed by both the anesthetists and anesthesiologists. The questionnaire was&#xD;
        pre-tested on 25 randomly selected health professionals. After pre-testing, some questions&#xD;
        were modified to make them more understandable.&#xD;
  &#xD;
        Attitude-related questions were answered as strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly&#xD;
        disagree, and none. the investigators prepared a total of 15 knowledge-related questions, of&#xD;
        them 10 were closed-ended and could be scored objectively.&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </detailed_description>
    <overall_status>Completed</overall_status>
    <start_date type="Actual">May 1, 2022</start_date>
    <completion_date type="Actual">September 30, 2022</completion_date>
    <primary_completion_date type="Actual">September 30, 2022</primary_completion_date>
    <study_type>Observational [Patient Registry]</study_type>
    <has_expanded_access>No</has_expanded_access>
    <study_design_info>
      <observational_model>Case-Control</observational_model>
      <time_perspective>Cross-Sectional</time_perspective>
    </study_design_info>
    <target_duration>2 Days</target_duration>
    <primary_outcome>
      <measure>To determine health professionals' knowledge on anesthesia service</measure>
      <time_frame>from may 1 to septamber 30 2022</time_frame>
      <description>The knowledge outcome was measured by dividing the correct answer to the total questions(15) as a percentage. Percentage scores &lt;50% are poor, 50%-75% moderate, and &gt;75% good.</description>
    </primary_outcome>
    <primary_outcome>
      <measure>To determine health professionals' attitude on anesthesia service</measure>
      <time_frame>from may 1 to septamber 30 2022</time_frame>
      <description>The attitude was measured by the Likert scale as agree, strongly agree, disagree, strongly disagree, or none. The likert scale is used to measure the percentage of positive or negative attitudes toward certain issues. Agree and strongly agree are considered as relatively similar responses while disagree and strongly disagree as similar responses. . Percentage scores &lt;50% are poor, 50%-75% moderate, and &gt;75% good.</description>
    </primary_outcome>
    <enrollment type="Actual">252</enrollment>
    <condition>Knowledge</condition>
    <condition>Attitude</condition>
    <intervention>
      <intervention_type>Behavioral</intervention_type>
      <intervention_name>no intervation</intervention_name>
      <description>it is observational, no intervention was taken</description>
    </intervention>
    <eligibility>
      <study_pop>
        <textblock>
          the population of this study was all medical staff working at Dessie referral hospital.&#xD;
          this staff includes all specialties like Nursing, laboratory, midwifery, medical doctors,&#xD;
          psychiatry nurses, radiology, and others. all have the chance to participation&#xD;
        </textblock>
      </study_pop>
      <sampling_method>Probability Sample</sampling_method>
      <criteria>
        <textblock>
          Inclusion Criteria:&#xD;
  &#xD;
            -  All health professionals in Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital who are&#xD;
               voluntary to participate in the study.&#xD;
  &#xD;
          Exclusion Criteria:&#xD;
  &#xD;
            1. Group who are not voluntary,&#xD;
  &#xD;
            2. Anesthetists/anesthesiologists&#xD;
  &#xD;
            3. other institution medical staff worked as a contract at Dessie hospital&#xD;
        </textblock>
      </criteria>
      <gender>All</gender>
      <minimum_age>N/A</minimum_age>
      <maximum_age>N/A</maximum_age>
      <healthy_volunteers>Accepts Healthy Volunteers</healthy_volunteers>
    </eligibility>
    <overall_official>
      <last_name>Woldemichael</last_name>
      <role>Principal Investigator</role>
      <affiliation>Wollo Universty</affiliation>
    </overall_official>
    <location>
      <facility>
        <name>Dessie comprehensive specilized hospital</name>
        <address>
          <city>Dessie</city>
          <state>Amhara</state>
          <zip>801103</zip>
          <country>Ethiopia</country>
        </address>
      </facility>
    </location>
    <location_countries>
      <country>Ethiopia</country>
    </location_countries>
    <verification_date>August 2023</verification_date>
    <study_first_submitted>May 13, 2023</study_first_submitted>
    <study_first_submitted_qc>July 28, 2023</study_first_submitted_qc>
    <study_first_posted type="Actual">August 1, 2023</study_first_posted>
    <last_update_submitted>August 2, 2023</last_update_submitted>
    <last_update_submitted_qc>August 2, 2023</last_update_submitted_qc>
    <last_update_posted type="Actual">August 7, 2023</last_update_posted>
    <responsible_party>
      <responsible_party_type>Principal Investigator</responsible_party_type>
      <investigator_affiliation>Wollo University</investigator_affiliation>
      <investigator_full_name>Aynalem Befkadu Woldemichael</investigator_full_name>
      <investigator_title>Lecturer</investigator_title>
    </responsible_party>
    <keyword>Anesthesia</keyword>
    <keyword>Attitude</keyword>
    <keyword>Ethiopia</keyword>
    <keyword>Health profetionals</keyword>
    <keyword>knowledge</keyword>
    <patient_data>
      <sharing_ipd>No</sharing_ipd>
    </patient_data>
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  </clinical_study>
  
  
text: download date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023
  link text: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
  url: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05968872
  org study id: 6525
  nct id: NCT05968872
  lead sponsor: 
  has dmc: Yes
  is fda regulated drug: No
  is fda regulated device: No
  Misconceptions about anesthesia and anesthetists in the health professional community may
        limit anesthetists' participation in their roles. These misconceptions affect the morals of
        anesthetists since their activity will be limited only to operation theater and the community
        at large, who did not get the desired care. Improving health professionals' awareness of
        anesthesia will make it easier for anesthetists to practice their full role and to develop a
        sense of validation by having their importance acknowledged. Moreover, society will gate the
        care offered by the anesthetist in different places of medical care.
  Data were collected using self-administered, pretested questionnaires prepared in english and
        then translated into amharic. The Amharic version of the questionnaire was assessed for
        compatibility with the english version by a group of people who converted it back to english
        and compared the converted versions. The questionnaire consists of three parts. The first
        part was about socio-demographic characteristics; the second part was about participants'
        knowledge about anesthesia; and the third part was about professionals' attitudes towards
        anesthesia. After informing each participant about the purpose of the study and obtaining
        informed consent, data collection began. After the questionnaires were filled out by the
        participants, the two trained data collectors compiled and checked the data for any conflicts
        that may have occurred during the data collection.
  
        The development and translation of the questionnaire was the most challenging task, and it
        was developed by both the anesthetists and anesthesiologists. The questionnaire was
        pre-tested on 25 randomly selected health professionals. After pre-testing, some questions
        were modified to make them more understandable.
  
        Attitude-related questions were answered as strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly
        disagree, and none. the investigators prepared a total of 15 knowledge-related questions, of
        them 10 were closed-ended and could be scored objectively.
  observational model: Case-Control
  time perspective: Cross-Sectional
  measure: To determine health professionals' knowledge on anesthesia service
  time frame: from may 1 to septamber 30 2022
  description: The knowledge outcome was measured by dividing the correct answer to the total questions(15) as a percentage. Percentage scores <50% are poor, 50%-75% moderate, and >75% good.
  measure: To determine health professionals' attitude on anesthesia service
  time frame: from may 1 to septamber 30 2022
  description: The attitude was measured by the Likert scale as agree, strongly agree, disagree, strongly disagree, or none. The likert scale is used to measure the percentage of positive or negative attitudes toward certain issues. Agree and strongly agree are considered as relatively similar responses while disagree and strongly disagree as similar responses. . Percentage scores <50% are poor, 50%-75% moderate, and >75% good.
  intervention type: Behavioral
  intervention name: no intervation
  description: it is observational, no intervention was taken
  study pop: 
  sampling method: Probability Sample
  criteria: 
  gender: All
  minimum age: N/A
  maximum age: N/A
  healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
  last name: Woldemichael
  role: Principal Investigator
  affiliation: Wollo Universty
  facility: 
  country: Ethiopia
  responsible party type: Principal Investigator
  investigator affiliation: Wollo University
  investigator full name: Aynalem Befkadu Woldemichael
  investigator title: Lecturer
  sharing ipd: No