Assessment of Awareness of Local Anaesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST) among Postgraduate Trainees

Table 2

Comparing awareness and mean total scores (out of a maximum of 10) before ME and after ME.

Department	Awareness on LAST		p value	Mean total score (out of 10)		Average increase in total score, MD (95% CI)	P value
	Trainees who were aware pre-ME	Trainees who were aware post-ME		Pre-ME	Post-ME
Surgical (n = 17)	0 (0%)	17 (100%)	<0.001	5.29 ± 1.72	9.76 ± 0.44	4.47 (3.54, 5.40)	<0.001
Ortho (n = 37)	0 (0%)	37 (100%)	<0.001	5.11 ± 1.79	9.92 ± 0.28	4.81 (4.20, 5.42)	<0.001
ENT (n = 19)	2 (10.5%)	17 (89.5%)	<0.001	5.32 ± 1.80	9.63 ± 0.60	4.31 (3.45, 5.18)	<0.001
OBGYN (n = 17)	0 (0%)	16 (94.1%)	<0.001	1.82 ± 1.38	9.82 ± 0.39	8.00 (7.34, 8.66)	<0.001
Anaesth (n = 44)	20 (45.5%)	44 (100%)	<0.001	8.75 ± 1.43	10.00 ± 0.00	1.25 (0.81, 1.69)	<0.001
Overall results (n = 134)	22 (16.4%)	131 (97.8%)	<0.001	5.94 ± 2.76	9.87 ± 0.36	3.93 (3.47, 4.40)	<0.001

Values are expressed as frequency (percentage) or mean ± standard deviation. MD: mean difference and CI: confidence interval.