Table 1.
Demographic data (mean±standard deviation, %)
| Age (years) | 28.73±3.17 |
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| Gender | |
| •Male | 50 |
| •Female | 50 |
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| Clinic | |
| •Emergency Medicine Clinic | 15.8 |
| •Gynaecology and Obstetrics | 14.9 |
| •Anaesthesiology and Reanimation | 12.9 |
| •Family Medicine Clinic | 10.9 |
| •Paediatrics | 9.9 |
| •Urology | 8.9 |
| •Orthopaedics | 7.9 |
| •Internal Medicine | 7.9 |
| •General Surgery | 5.9 |
| •Otolaryngology Clinic | 5 |
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| Working period | |
| •0 months | 21.8 |
| •6 months–1 year | 12.9 |
| •1–2 years | 24.7 |
| •2–5 years | 40.6 |
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| Which agents do you prefer? | |
| •Bupivacaine | 14.6 |
| •Lidocaine | 61 |
| •Prilocaine | 61 |
| •Other | 3.9 |
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| Which route do you use? | |
| •Subcutaneous/intramuscular | 73.5 |
| •Topical | 22.5 |
| •Epidural | 11.8 |
| •Intravenous | 10.8 |
| •Intrathecal | 6.9 |
| •Intranasal | 4.9 |
| •Other | 8.8 |
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| How frequently do you use? | |
| •Every day | 44.4 |
| •Less than 2 times a week | 17.32 |
| •Once a week | 11.1 |
| •Once a month | 5.1 |
| •3–4 times a year | 5.1 |
| •Other | 17.2 |
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| Do you perform test dose? | |
| •Yes | 6 |
| •No | 94 |
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| Have you had any training on local anaesthetics? | |
| •Yes | 19.8 |
| •No | 70.3 |
| •I don’t remember | 9.9 |