Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Role in the operating theatre | Age (median) | Gender (N per total cases) | Years working at this hospital (median) | Times participated in Black Box debriefing (N per total cases) | Optimal length of debriefing (minutes, mean) | Would you recommend participating in a Black Box team debriefing to your colleagues? (N, yes vs. no) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary surgeon | 47.0 (IQR 1.0) |
31 female 2 male |
8.0 (IQR 1.0) |
5 (first time) 8 (1–5 times) 5 (6–10 times) 14 (> 10 times) |
27.1 (SD 5.7) |
33 yes 0 no |
| Assisting surgeon | 33.0 (IQR 6.0) |
13 female 6 male |
1.0 (IQR 4.5) |
8 (first time) 11 (1–5 times) 0 (> 5 times) |
20.7 (SD 8.3) |
18 yes 1 no |
| Anaesthesiologist | 41.0 (IQR 13) |
8 female 12 male |
7.0 (IQR 6.0) |
9 (first time) 11 (1–5 times) 1 (6–10 times) 0 (> 10 times) |
32.6 (SD 10.7) |
18 yes 2 no |
| Anaesthesiology nurse | 31.0 (IQR 26) |
7 female 14 male |
6.0 (IQR 3.5) |
10 (first time) 11 (1–5 times) 0 (> 5 times) |
33.9 (SD 14.9) |
21 yes 0 no |
| Scrub nurse | 29.0 (IQR 32) |
18 female 1 male |
3.8 (IQR 4.3) |
5 (first time) 13 (1–5 times) 0 (> 5 times) |
32.2 (SD 9.9) |
18 yes 0 no |
| Circulating nurse | 42.5 (IQR 18) |
22 female 0 male |
5.0 (IQR 17.0) |
8 (first time) 13 (1–5 times) 0 (6–10 times) 1 (> 10 times) |
40.5 (SD 11.5) |
22 yes 0 no |
| Medical intern | 25.0 (IQR 1.0) |
11 female 7 male |
– |
10 (first time) 8 (1–5 times) 0 (> 5 times) |
27.5 (SD 13.2) |
18 yes 0 no |