EBM methodology-based analysis of surgical time influencing factors / 中华医学图书情报杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To improve the utilization ratio of operating room in Affiliated Hospital of Central South Uni-versity Xiangya Medical School by providing more comprehensive reference data for the design of surgical time pre-diction and dispatch system. Methods A questionnaire was designed according to the review of literature and consul-tation of experts for investigating the surgical time influencing factors. The surgical time influencing factors were ana-lyzed by stratified sampling. Results The surgeons-related factor was the highest influencing factor while the pa-tients themselves-related factor was the lowest influencing factor in the 2-dimensional factors. The selected 38 1-dimensional factors could affect the operating time with their mean influencing value>2 . 45 . The recognition of sur-gical time influencing factors was different in different operating rooms. Conclusion There are a variety of surgical time influencing factors. However, the surgeons-related factor is the highest influencing factor. The cognition of anesthesia-related factors and surgeons-related factors differs in different operating rooms.