How participation in surgical mortality audit impacts surgical practice

BMC Surgery

Table 2 Percentages of surgeons reporting whether QASM influenced their clinical practice according to level of QASM participation

Type of Participation	No. of responses	Feedback influenced Clinical Practice			Assessment influenced Clinical Practice
		Yes	No	Total	Yes	No	Total
		n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
SCF Only^a	35	2 (6)	33 (94)	35 (100)	-	-	-
Assessment Only^{a (FLA, SLA or both)}	32	-	-	-	13 (41)	19 (59)	32 (100)
SCF & Either First or Second-line Assessment	27	8 (30)	19 (70)	27 (100)	10 (37)	17 (63)	27 (100)
SCF & Both Assessments	55	12 (22)	43 (78)	55 (100)	28 (51)	27 (49)	55 (100)
Total	149	22 (19)	95 (81)	116 (100)	51 (45)	63 (55)	114 (100)

Statistical comparison of the influence of feedback on clinical practice according to the level of participation:
Chi-squared = 6.33 (df = 2), p = 0.04
Statistical comparison of the influence of assessment on clinical practice according to the level of participation:
Chi-squared = 1.71 (df = 2), p = 0.42
SCF surgical case form, FLA first-line assessment, SLA second-line assessment
^a Influence of assessment not applicable to surgeons who completed SCF only; influence of feedback not applicable to surgeons who completed Assessment only

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