Mental Visualization as a Learning Tool in Anesthesia

Anesthesia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Learning Mental Visualization to Improve Performance in Anesthesia: a Randomized Controlled Trial by Simulation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04159389
• Other study ID #: CESAR002
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 6, 2020
• Est. completion date: March 5, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: University Grenoble Alps
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the benefit of adding mental visualization to a training program in medical education. Undergraduate medical students will be randomized before participating in a training program on airway management during rapid sequence induction. In the control group, participants will receive traditional teaching including theoretical courses and procedural simulation. In the intervention group, in addition to traditional teaching, participants will be trained and encouraged to practice mental visualization. The main outcome will be clinical performance during a standardized high-fidelity simulation of rapid sequence induction assessed using a specific pre-established checklist.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: March 5, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 5, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Undergraduate medical students from the Grenoble Alps university hospital

• From the 2nd to the 6th year

• Volontary

Exclusion Criteria:

• /

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anesthesia
• Medical Education

Intervention

Other:
• Mental visualization
Instruction in mental visualization by theoretical lessons and support of practice by audio guide and session of experience sharing.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	University Grenoble Alps	La Tronche

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Grenoble Alps

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Clinical performance for airway management in a standardized high-fidelity simulation of rapid sequence induction.	All simulations will be videotaped and the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist	2 weeks
Secondary	"Material preparation" score, subpart 1 of the clinical performance grid	All simulations will be videotaped and the score of the subpart "Material preparation" of the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist	2 weeks
Secondary	"Intubation procedure" score, subpart 2 of the clinical performance grid	All simulations will be videotaped and the score of the subpart "Intubation procedure" of the clinical performance of each participant will be assessed by an independent evaluator using a specific pre-established checklist	2 weeks
Secondary	Physiological stress response : SDNN	Heart rate variability evaluated by SDNN (Standard Deviation Normal to Normal), in miliseconds. Physiological stress response is higher when SDNN is lower.	2 weeks
Secondary	Psychological stress response : Stress-VAS	Stress Visual Analogical Scale, from 0 to 100, psychological stress response is higher when score is higher.	2 weeks
Secondary	Psychological stress response : STAI	STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), from 20 to 80, psychological stress response is higher when score is higher.	2 weeks
Secondary	Adesion to Mental visualization	Frequency questionnaire for the use of mental visualization, from "0" to ">1 per day". We ask the participant to use it once a day	2 weeks
Secondary	Quality to Mental visualization : MIQ	Mental Imagery Questionnaire, from 8 to 56, mental visualisation is better when score is higher.	2 weeks
Secondary	Memorization of key messages at three months	Specific pre-established checklist : 5-point grid. Assessed by an independent evaluator using a phone call.	3 months