Development of a perioperative medicine research agenda: a cross sectional survey
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Key result
General internists rated research questions evaluating the efficacy of perioperative interventions as a significantly higher priority than questions on postoperative risk prediction or diagnostic tests.
Population
119 general internists from Canada and the United States who practice perioperative medicine
Design
Cross-sectional
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Implication
Supports focusing perioperative research on intervention efficacy; leaves open whether priorities improve outcomes or align with other stakeholders.
Study Design
Type
Cross-Sectional (n=119)
Structured PICO
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Population
119 general internists from Canada and the United States who perform preoperative consultations, surveyed to determine research priorities in perioperative medicine.
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Outcome
Priority ratings of 30 perioperative medicine research questions on a 10-point Likert scale
Main Result
p-value: p=<0.001
General internists prioritize research on the efficacy and safety of perioperative interventions over diagnostic testing and risk prediction in perioperative medicine.
Limitations
- Low response rate (34%) which may limit generalizability.
- Only examined beliefs of general internists, excluding anesthesiologists, cardiologists, and primary care physicians.
- Difficult to interpret meaningful differences in mean Likert response scores among individual questions.
- Low response rate (34%)
- Only examined beliefs of general internists, excluding anesthesiologists, cardiologists, or primary care physicians
- Not all important research questions could be examined
- Difficult to interpret meaningful differences in mean Likert response scores among individual questions
Cite This Study
Khan et al. (2004) conducted a cross-sectional in Perioperative medicine research priorities (n=119). Survey of research priorities was evaluated on Priority ratings of research questions across three themes (interventions, risk prediction, diagnostic tests) on a 10-point Likert scale (p=<0.001). General internists rated research questions evaluating the efficacy of perioperative interventions as a significantly higher priority than questions on postoperative risk prediction or diagnostic tests.
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