UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000058375
Receipt number R000066332
Scientific Title Public Awareness of Anesthesiologists among the Japanese General Population: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey
Date of disclosure of the study information 2025/07/06
Last modified on 2025/07/06 10:04:56

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Basic information

Public title

A Survey of Public Awareness of Anesthesiologists in Japan

Acronym

A Survey of Public Awareness of Anesthesiologists in Japan

Scientific Title

Public Awareness of Anesthesiologists among the Japanese General Population: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey

Scientific Title:Acronym

Public Awareness of Anesthesiologists among the Japanese General Population: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

the general population in Japan

Classification by specialty

Medicine in general Surgery in general Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pediatrics Anesthesiology Operative medicine
Intensive care medicine Adult

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To quantify, stratified by sex and age group, the public awareness in Japan of anesthesiologists' core professional roles and their intra-operative and non-operating-room duties such as epidural analgesia for labor, procedural sedation and analgesia, intensive care

Basic objectives2

Others

Basic objectives -Others

To identify the factors influencing awareness of anesthesiologists' core professional roles and their intra-operative and non-operating-room duties such as epidural analgesia for labor, procedural sedation and analgesia, intensive care in Japan with use of statistical methods in order to characterize existing awareness gaps

Trial characteristics_1

Exploratory

Trial characteristics_2

Pragmatic

Developmental phase

Not applicable


Assessment

Primary outcomes

The proportion of non-medical adults who are aware of the term "anesthesiologist" and their core professional roles

Key secondary outcomes

1. Assessment of awareness disparities across demographic subgroups to characterize existing gaps in public recognition of anesthesiologists
2. Identification of key predictors associated with being "aware" versus "not aware" of anesthesiologists
3. Examination of how different information sources (e.g., mass media, internet, healthcare-provider explanations) are associated with respondents' awareness of anesthesiologists


Base

Study type

Others,meta-analysis etc


Study design

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Dynamic allocation


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Blocking


Concealment



Intervention

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Eligibility

Age-lower limit

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

70 years-old >

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

1. Resident of Japan (nationality not required)
2. Aged 20-69 years at the time of survey
3. Neither the respondent nor any cohabiting family member is employed as any healthcare or long-term care provider (e.g., physician, nurse, pharmacist, clinical laboratory technologist, physical therapist, care worker, etc.)
4. Sufficient Japanese proficiency to understand and complete the web-based questionnaire
5. Access to the internet and an internet-capable device (computer, smartphone, or equivalent)
6. Ability to provide informed consent by reading the online consent form and checking the "I consent" box

Key exclusion criteria

1. The respondent or any cohabiting family member reports working in the medical or long-term care sector (e.g., physician, nurse, pharmacist, dentist, allied health professional)
2. Duplicate or fraudulent submissions (e.g., multiple responses from the same IP address within a short timeframe, after review of timestamps and response patterns)
3. Inability to understand written Japanese well enough to complete the questionnaire
4. Age under 20 years or 70 years and older at the time of survey
5. Failure to provide informed consent (the respondent does not check the "I consent" box)

Target sample size

1000


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Soichiro
Middle name
Last name Obara

Organization

Teikyo University

Division name

Graduate School of Public Health

Zip code

173-8605

Address

2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

TEL

+81-3-3964-1211

Email

soichoba1975@gmail.com


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Soichiro
Middle name
Last name Obara

Organization

Teikyo University

Division name

Graduate School of Public Health

Zip code

173-8605

Address

2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

TEL

+81-3-3964-1211

Homepage URL


Email

soichoba1975@gmail.com


Sponsor or person

Institute

Teikyo University

Institute

Department

Personal name

Soichiro Obara


Funding Source

Organization

Teikyo University

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Other

Nationality of Funding Organization

JAPAN


Other related organizations

Co-sponsor

Teikyo University, Faculty of Economics

Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

Teikyo University Medical Research Ethics Committee

Address

Office 2F, Itabashi Itabashi Campus 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

Tel

+81-3-394-8256

Email

turb-office@teikyo-u.ac.jp


Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


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Institutions

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Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2025 Year 07 Month 06 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

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Results


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Progress

Recruitment status

Enrolling by invitation

Date of protocol fixation

2025 Year 06 Month 10 Day

Date of IRB

2025 Year 06 Month 25 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2025 Year 07 Month 14 Day

Last follow-up date

2025 Year 07 Month 31 Day

Date of closure to data entry

2025 Year 08 Month 31 Day

Date trial data considered complete

2025 Year 09 Month 30 Day

Date analysis concluded

2025 Year 12 Month 31 Day


Other

Other related information

1. Study Design
(1) Cross-sectional survey
(2) As of July 14th, 2025 (planned study start), administer a new web-based questionnaire and collect responses

2. Factors and Outcomes
(1) Outcome: The awareness rate of anesthesiologists among the general population in Japan
(2) Predictors: Age, sex, education level, household income, presence of children, occupation, number of anesthesiologists per population by prefecture, information sources, etc.

3. Sampling Method
(1) Quota sampling stratified by sex and age group
(2) Recruit participants via a survey vendor to meet the quotas, excluding any healthcare or long-term care professionals
(3) Implement quality control by screening for duplicate IP addresses and unrealistic response times


Management information

Registered date

2025 Year 07 Month 06 Day

Last modified on

2025 Year 07 Month 06 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000066332