Delphi Study to Identify Crucial Steps and Errors in the Placement of Chest Tubes

University Ghent

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thoracic Injury

Treatments: Other: Survey

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05623631

BC-09710

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this Delphi study is to identify the crucial steps and the errors in Chest Tube Insertion (CTI). These steps and errors will be used for the development of a new assessment tool based on international consensus.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be experts in their respective fields.
• Must hold a degree of Master in Medicine
• Must have finished the residency training specific to their field (be an attending physician)
• Must have 5 years post-residency experience
• Must have performed at least 50 CTIs independently in their career
• Must have an interest in educating and guiding junior residents in their training.

Exclusion criteria

• Insufficient experience in CTI
• Insufficient experience as an attending physician

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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29 participants in 1 patient group

Delphi study

Other group

Description:

Participants were asked to complete three rounds of surveys. These surveys collected information on which steps and errors can occur during CTI, and which of these should be included in an assessment tool.

Treatment:

Other: Survey