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. 2017 May 30;17:72. doi: 10.1186/s12871-017-0365-8

Table 2.

Survey questions regarding usefulness and clinical relevance of CA (translated from German)

Trainee (n = 10) Consultant (n = 8) Nurse (n = 8)
I found the CA helpful because it reminded me of treatment steps I otherwise might have forgotten. 5 (50) 5 (62.5) 4 (50)
I found the CA helpful because we could check our treatment steps for completeness. 5 (50) 5 (62.5) 5 (62.5)
I found the CA helpful because it promoted team discussion of our treatment steps. 6 (60) 5 (62.5) 3 (37.5)
I would appreciate the introduction of the CA into daily practice 6 (60) 4 (50) 4 (50)
I would not use the CA in an intraoperative emergency, but I could imagine that inexperienced colleagues may benefit from using it. 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
For successful implementation of the CA, it would be necessary to establish a ‘code reader’ who would guide the team through all treatment steps. 4 (40) 4 (50) 2 (25)

Items were scored in a binary fashion (agree/don’t agree)

Values are number of participants (%)

CA cognitive aid