Regional anesthesia educational material utilization varies by World Bank income category: A mobile health application data study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Regional anesthesia offers an alternative to general anesthesia and may be advantageous in low resource environments. There is a paucity of data regarding the practice of regional anesthesia in low- and middle-income countries. Using access data from a free Android app with curated regional anesthesia learning modules, we aimed to estimate global interest in regional anesthesia and potential applications to clinical practice stratified by World Bank income level.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed data collected from the free Android app "Anesthesiologist" from December 2015 to April 2020. The app performs basic anesthetic calculations and provides links to videos on performing 12 different nerve blocks. Users of the app were classified on the basis of whether

SUBMITTER: Moll V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7850494 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature