05 October 2020 : Clinical Research
Are We Meeting the Current Standards of Consent for Anesthesia? An International Survey of Clinical Practice
Tomas Jovaisa1ACDEF, Ieva Norkiene2ABCEF*, Juri Karjagin3AB, Iveta Golubovska4BC, Lukas Gambickas2BCE, Migle Kalinauskaite2BCE, Evaldas Kauzonas2BC, Dhuleep Wijayatilake5ABDEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.925905
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e925905
Table 2 Demographic characteristics of survey respondents.
| Percentage of respondents | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia (n=33) | Latvia (n=33) | Lithuania (n=146) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 42.4 | 41.5 | 33.6 |
| Female | 57.6 | 56.6 | 65.8 |
| Unspecified | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| Work experience (years) | |||
| 0–2 | 18.8 | 20.4 | 7.6 |
| 3–5 | 9.4 | 16.7 | 24.7 |
| 6–10 | 15.6 | 20.4 | 13.0 |
| 11–20 | 18.8 | 14.8 | 25.4 |
| 21–30 | 28.1 | 18.5 | 17.1 |
| >30 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 11.6 |
| Age (years) | |||
| 25–34 | 36.4 | 55.6 | 31.5 |
| 35–44 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 26.0 |
| 45–54 | 30.3 | 20.4 | 23.3 |
| 55–64 | 12.1 | 3.7 | 17.1 |
| >64 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 2.1 |
| Professional qualification | |||
| Doctor in training | 27.3 | 35.9 | 13.0 |
| Doctor | 54.5 | 50.9 | 76.0 |
| Consultant | 18.2 | 13.2 | 11.0 |