Poor Theoretical Knowledge and Self-assessed Ability of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among In-hospital Healthcare Professionals: a Cross Sectional Study With Questionnaires.

In-hospital Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

Official title:

Poor Theoretical Knowledge and Self-assessed Ability of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among In-hospital Healthcare Professionals: a Cross Sectional Study With Questionnaires.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03498508
• Other study ID #: 2006/201/2 (part 1)
• Status: Completed
• Start date: December 1, 2013
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Dalarna County Council, Sweden
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Theoretical knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the foundation of being able to perform CPR in a cardiac arrest situation. The knowledge and skills received in training is easily lost and after one year the level is equal to pretraining. International studies regarding knowledge of CPR among healthcare professionals, mostly nurses, show poor results. The knowledge of CPR among Swedish healthcare professionals is poorly studied.

The aim of this study was to describe the theoretical knowledge of CPR and self-assessed abilities of performing CPR among healthcare professionals working in four hospitals in Sweden.

Description:

A questionnaire will be handed out containing a knowledge test of nine questions at a basic level. The questionnaire also contains Likert-scales that measures four self-assessed CPR abilities of the respondents (the ability to take leadership, give compressions, to ventilate and to defibrillate).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 3044
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 15, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healtchare professionals of all professions

• Working in-hospital with patient contact

• Present at the time of the survey

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not working with patients

• Abscent at the time of the survey

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Heart Arrest
• In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Avesta Lasarett	Avesta	Dalarna
Sweden	Falu Lasarett	Falun	Dalarna
Sweden	Mora Lasarett	Mora	Dalarna
Sweden	Västmanlands sjukhus	Västerås	Västmanland

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dalarna County Council, Sweden	Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna Sweden, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden, Region Västmanland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Factors affecting theorethical knowledge	The number of correct answers of the knowledge questions among 3044 respondents will be described and analyzed. An acceptable amount of correct answers will be seven out of nine, or more, >80%. The dependent variable number of correct answers will be analyzed with the independent variables profession, years in profession, workplace and time since last CPR-training.	April 30, 2018
Primary	Factors affecting self-assessed abilities.	Four self-assessed CPR-skills among 3044 respondents measured on a Likert scale of 1-7 will be measured and described. The skills are the ability to take leadership, give chest compressions, to ventilate and to defibrillate. The dependent variable consisting of a factor score of self-assessed abilities will be analyzed with independent variables such as profession, years in profession, workplace and time since last CPR-training.	April 30, 2018