Common Recreational Diving Practices: A Randomized Control Trial Using Pre-Dive Checklist

Injuries Clinical Trial

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Official title:

A Group Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Using Pre-dive Checklist to Prevent the Incidence of Recreational Scuba Diving Mishaps

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01960738
• Other study ID #: DAN009-12
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 7, 2013
• Last updated: October 9, 2013
• Start date: June 2012
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: October 2013
• Source: Divers Alert Network
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate the efficacy of using a pre-dive checklist to prevent the incidence of diving mishaps in recreational divers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1116
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Over 18 years of age

• Having a valid Diver Certification

• Deemed fit by the Dive operator to dive on the day of participation

• Planning to dive on the day of participation

• Have basic knowledge of English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Anyone not meeting all of the inclusion criteria

• A diver who did not answer the outcomes questionnaire was later excluded

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Injuries

Intervention

Other:
• A pre-dive checklist
The pre-dive checklist included a checklist of tasks to be undertaken before the dive, a dive-plan that asked the diver to plan the depth, and amount of gas kept at different levels of diving, and 4 dive tips.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Cayman Islands	Sunset House	George Town	Grand Cayman
Mexico	Aldora Divers	Cozumel	Q,roo
Mexico	Sand Dollar Sports	Cozumel	Q,roo
United States	Aquatic Safaris	Wilmington	North Carolina

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Divers Alert Network

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Cayman Islands,  Mexico, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mishaps	Mishaps were reported by scuba divers themselves, at the end of their diving day (the day they were enrolled). Mishaps are precursors of injuries. Injuries are less common outcomes (in fact, nobody got injured), hence we used mishaps - which allowed us to test the efficacy of pre-dive checklists, and do so with limited resources.	One day	No
Secondary	Major mishaps	Major mishaps are a type of mishaps	One day	No
Secondary	Minor Mishaps	Minor mishaps are a type of mishaps	One day	No