Stress Coping Strategy on Perceived Stress Levels and Performance During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

NCT01826318 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SH_SIP_2007
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 124
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study assessed the impact of a task-focusing strategy on perceived stress levels and performance during a simulated CPR scenario.

Conditions

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitations

Keywords

Stress; coping; simulation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Average level of stress/overload during the resuscitation period

  The primary outcome was the average level of stress/overload during the resuscitation period for the experimental and the control group.

  In the first 120 seconds after the onset of the cardiac arrest

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• hands-on time

  in the first 120 seconds after the onset of the cardiac arrest.

• time elapsed until CPR was started

  in the first 120 seconds after the onset of the cardiac arrest

• leadership statements

  in the first 120 seconds after the onset of the cardiac arrest

Study Arms (2)

intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants received 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)

Behavioral: Stress coping

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Students in the control group did not receive any further instructions.

Interventions

Stress coping BEHAVIORAL

Students in the intervention group received a 10 minute instruction to cope with stress. They were informed that an emergency situation is a stressful experience for health care workers and that perceived stress may interfere with their decision-making abilities and performance. Particularly, feeling overwhelmed by stress may cause cognitive impairment potentially leading to loss of concept how to deal with an emergency situation, which in turn further increases stress (vicious cycle). However, it is possible to overcome this situation by focusing on the basic conditions of the situation and the immediate actions that are needed. They were instructed that they should ask two task-focusing questions aloud ("what is the patient's condition?", "what immediate action is needed?") to overcome the negative consequences of feeling overwhelmed by stress.

intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• th year medical students

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital Basel, ICU

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, 4055, Switzerland

Location

Study Officials

• Sabina Hunziker, MD, MPH

  University Hospital Basel, Basel 4031 Basel, Switzerland

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 3, 2013
• First Posted: April 8, 2013
• Study Start: December 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2008
• Study Completion: May 1, 2008
• Last Updated: April 8, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-04

Locations

CH (1)