Key result
A Delphi survey of 133 stakeholders identified five key quality indicators for obstetric anaesthesia, including accidental dural puncture rates and adequate epidural pain relief within 45 minutes.
Why the study?
Key indicators considered the most relevant to drive quality improvement and benchmarking in obstetric anaesthesia needed to be identified.
Population
133 stakeholders including obstetric anaesthetists, other maternity care health professionals, and service users
Design
Three-stage Delphi survey process
Authors
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May inform quality metrics for obstetric anaesthesia; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
A Delphi consensus identified five key quality indicators for obstetric anaesthesia to support quality improvement and national benchmarking.
Bamber et al. (2019) studied Obstetric anaesthesia (n=133). Delphi survey process was evaluated on Top 5 quality indicators for assessing and benchmarking the quality of obstetric anaesthesia. A Delphi survey of 133 stakeholders identified five key quality indicators for obstetric anaesthesia, including accidental dural puncture rates and adequate epidural pain relief within 45 minutes.
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