Overcoming Barriers to Performing CPR Using a Novel, Interactive CPR Game System

Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital Clinical Trial

Official title:

Overcoming Barriers to Performing CPR Using a Novel, Interactive CPR Game System

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05908500
• Other study ID #: CPRTrainer2023
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: January 2, 2028

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: University of Nevada, Reno
• Contact: Lorrel Toft, MD
• Phone: 4103028456
• Email: ltoft[@]unr.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this prospective trial is to compare CPR skill and attitudes in adolescent students. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• Does a gamified CPR experience improve CPR skill retention compared to standard classroom CPR training?

• Does a gamified CPR experience improve attitudes/knowledge relating to barriers for women and minorities receiving CPR?

Participants will

• Answer pre-training questionnaires

• Participate in CPR training

• Participate in CPR skills testing on the day of training, and at 4-6 months

• Answer post-training questionnaires

Researchers will compare standard CPR classroom training to the novel gamified CPR training experience, which includes an interactive film, a CPR Trainer spring, and a mobile device app.

Description:

We will investigate the effectiveness of the gamified CPR experience (Trainer + app + film + software). The study will be a prospective, cluster-randomized controlled trial with 2 arms: control (standard instructor-led CPR training), and gamified experience. The intervention and cluster randomization will occur at the classroom level and outcomes reported at the individual level. We assume negligible intra-class correlation because classes will be randomized in an alternating fashion to eliminate time-of-day differences. For example, 1st period is randomized to control, 2nd period to game.

CPR training (control or game method) will occur at the beginning of each semester in 8th or 9th grade Health class. Immediately after training, students will perform 2-min of CC, while the app silently measures CC rate and depth. Pre- and post-training questionnaires assessing knowledge and response to female-specific and ethnic CPR barriers will be administered via paper-pencil. At the end of the semester (4 months), students will again perform 2-min of CC and answer questionnaires. All data will be collected on-site in paper-pencil format, and entered into Excel by research coordinator off-site. All data will be de-identified and reported in aggregate form

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: January 2, 2028
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2027
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All 8th and 9th grade students at participating schools enrolled in Health Class.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous CPR training (will be included in the CPR training but excluded from analysis)

• Physical injury which prevents performing CPR

• Student or parent opt-out

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital
• Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Intervention

Other:
• CPR Training
Various methods of CPR training are implemented and compared

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Nevada Reno	Reno	Nevada

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Nevada, Reno

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	CPR Skill Retention	High-quality CPR as measured by compression rate (per minute) and depth (inches). High-quality CPR is defined as correct rate (100-120/min) AND >70% of compressions at appropriate depth (2-2.4inches).	4-6 months
Secondary	CPR Attitudes	A novel questionnaire developed for the study asks Likert-scale questions (scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being VERY LIKELY and 1 being VERY UNLIKELY) regarding attitudes towards performing CPR and overcoming barriers to performing CPR.	4-6 months