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. 2014 Aug 12;3(3):100–107. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2014.07.001

Table 3.

Questions 6–9 response rates are shown as percentage.

Questions 6–9, presented as 3 results, 1. disagree completely/disagree, 2. no opinion, 3. agree partly/agree completely Anaesthesiologist (%) Nurse anaesthetist (%) All (%)
6a. Is anaesthetic depth measurement used at your clinic? This question has only, yes or no alternatives (yes/no) 50/50
n = 409
52/48
n = 605
51/49
n = 1014
6b. If yes to question 6a. Following choices:
“Always/when the device is available/only risk patients/only during general anaesthesia with muscle relaxants/rarely”
11/11/25/20/33
n = 202
13/13/20/23/24
n = 303
12/12/22/22/22
n = 505
7a. If you undergo surgery yourself, would you use DOA monitoring? 43/29/28
n = 408
28/30/42
n = 579
35/30/35
n = 987
7b. Would you use DOA monitor to reduce the risk of awareness? 38/20/42
n = 405
21/22/57
n = 584
30/21/49
n = 989
7c. Do you think that DOA monitoring is reliable method for controlling the anaesthetic depth? 44/31/25
n = 401
29/32/38
n = 578
36/32/32
n = 979
7d. Do you think that DOA monitoring is too expensive to be used? 51/41/8
n = 401
53/40/7
n = 578
52/40/8
n = 979
8. In the U.S., anaesthetic depth measurement is very common with general anaesthesia. In UK, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance (NICE) (Nov 2012) recommended anaesthetic depth measurement as a possible choice for general anaesthesia in patients at risk and with TIVA. Do you think it should be applied in Sweden too? 19/40/41
n = 413
13/28/59
n = 588
16/34/50
n = 1001
9. Today, we routinely assess patients regarding for example cardiac status. Do you think it would be useful to also preoperatively evaluate neurocognitive function with for instance Mini Mental Test (MMT), or similar, to detect preoperative cognitive impairment that may increase the risk of postoperative delirium or POCD? 21/26/53
n = 413
14/33/60
n = 614
15/29/56
n = 1027