Survey of anesthesia department chairs about the environmental sustainability initiatives of their programs
Authors' conclusion
Anesthesia department chairs and departments with annual performance evaluations that included items related to environmental sustainability reported more activities to promote sustainability.
Study context
- Population
- Academic anesthesia department chairs in the US and Canadaof 138 departments invited
- Participants
- 63 participants
- Exposure
- Chair/department review including environmental sustainability item
- Yesn = 20
- Non = 43reference
- Outcome
- Sum of department- and hospital-related sustainability activities (5 questions) by evaluation including sustainability items
Methodological detailssurvey, questions in random sequence
- Survey
- Questions in random sequence
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Number of sustainability activities
Yes
4
median · IQR 2–4.5 · activities
Yes vs No: P = 0.0021 · Yes vs No: P = 0.0002
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Sensitivity analyses (excluding hospital leadership question, excluding 4 Canadian departments, controlling for time to complete and date of completion)
- Results were similar
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Original publication
Survey of anesthesia department chairs about the environmental sustainability initiatives of their programs. J Clin Anesth. Published 18 January 2024. doi:10.
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