Cardiopulmonary Resuscitations Clinical Trial
Official title:
Impact of a Stress Coping Strategy on Perceived Stress Levels and Performance During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This study assessed the impact of a task-focusing strategy on perceived stress levels and performance during a simulated CPR scenario.
Background: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) causes significant stress, which may cause
deficiencies in attention and increase distractibility. This may lead to misjudgements of
priorities and delays in CPR performance, which may further increase mental stress (vicious
cycle).
Aim: This study assessed the impact of a task-focusing strategy on perceived stress levels
and performance during a simulated CPR scenario.
Methods: This is a prospective, randomized-controlled trial
Setting: Simulator-center of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
Participants: A total of 124 volunteer medical students
Intervention: Randomization to receive a 10 minute instruction to cope with stress by loudly
posing two task-focusing questions ("what is the patient's condition?", "what immediate
action is needed?") when feeling overwhelmed by stress (intervention group) or a control
group.
Outcome measures: The primary outcome is the perceived levels of stress and feeling
overwhelmed (stress/overload); secondary outcomes were hands-on time, time to start CPR and
number of leadership statements.
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
| Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Completed |
NCT00884559 -
Leadership Instructions Improve Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a High Fidelity Simulation
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N/A |