Determination and Comparison of Short-term Effectiveness of Three Methods Used for Recognition of Arrhythmias in People With Different Degrees of Medical Training (Advanced Life Support Workshop Participants-ALS): Randomized Controlled Educational Experiment.

NCT02664779 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: ALS1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 76
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: Arrhythmia recognition is a fundamental skill for the provider of advanced life support (ALS). Acquire it is difficult, leading to the birth of systematic methods in an attempt to simplify and optimize, however, it has not compared the effectiveness among the three methods with more evidence among professionals with varying degrees of medical training (ALS Workshop participants). Objective: To determine and compare the effectiveness of the three most widespread and with more evidence systematic methods (10, 6 and 4 steps) for the recognition of arrhythmias in a short-term and its perceived easiness among ALS workshop participants. Methods / design: Educational Cuasi experimental trial with pre and post intervention measurement, blind, with randomized allocation, in 84 ALS workshop participants. Three systematic methods to recognize arrhythmias will be taught and their effectiveness to diagnose in a short-term and its perceived easiness will be measured and compared.

Conditions

Arrhythmias

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• percentage of subjects who achieve scores greater than or equal to 30

  For comparison of the percentage of subjects who achieve scores greater than or equal to 30 (approving minimum score) in the practical test of arrhythmia's diagnosis, the test will be the Chi-square (X2), which allows to compare proportions in more than two groups; or Fisher's exact test, submitted that one of the expected values is less than 5.

  15 minutes after delivered the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• change in the average scores in the groups

  15 minutes after delivered the intervention

Study Arms (3)

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 10 steps method

EXPERIMENTAL

Of participants whom attending the workshop, we will take 84 whom agree to participate and sign the informed consent. They will be divided into subgroups according to their degree of medical training (nursing technicians, university nursing students, university medical students, nurse practitioners graduates, Professional medical graduates, residents of medical specialties and specialists) and randomly assigned one by one from each educational subgroup to 3 intervention groups A, B or C (A = 10 STEPS method, B = 6 STEPS method, C = 4 STEPS method ) so that each group has the third participants of each level of education ensuring matched groups on the level of training of participants in each group. Following this, an equal theoretical test will be performed for all groups to determine the knowledge base in arrhythmias.

Other: Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 10 steps method

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 6 steps method

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Of participants whom attending the workshop, we will take 84 whom agree to participate and sign the informed consent. They will be divided into subgroups according to their degree of medical training (nursing technicians, university nursing students, university medical students, nurse practitioners graduates, Professional medical graduates, residents of medical specialties and specialists) and randomly assigned one by one from each educational subgroup to 3 intervention groups A, B or C (A = 10 STEPS method, B = 6 STEPS method, C = 4 STEPS method ) so that each group has the third participants of each level of education ensuring matched groups on the level of training of participants in each group. Following this, an equal theoretical test will be performed for all groups to determine the knowledge base in arrhythmias

Other: Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 6 steps method

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 4 steps method

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Of participants whom attending the workshop, we will take 84 whom agree to participate and sign the informed consent. They will be divided into subgroups according to their degree of medical training (nursing technicians, university nursing students, university medical students, nurse practitioners graduates, Professional medical graduates, residents of medical specialties and specialists) and randomly assigned one by one from each educational subgroup to 3 intervention groups A, B or C (A = 10 STEPS method, B = 6 STEPS method, C = 4 STEPS method ) so that each group has the third participants of each level of education ensuring matched groups on the level of training of participants in each group. Following this, an equal theoretical test will be performed for all groups to determine the knowledge base in arrhythmias

Other: Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 4 steps method

Interventions

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 10 steps method OTHER

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 10 steps method

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 6 steps method OTHER

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 6 steps method

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 4 steps method OTHER

Arrhythmia diagnosis with the 4 steps method

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Health professionals
• Attend a course in Advanced Life Support in Cali (Colombia), during the study period.
• Voluntarily accept to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Nacional de Colombia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cruz Roja Colombiana

Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Arrhythmias, Cardiac

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2016
• First Posted: January 27, 2016
• Study Start: January 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2017
• Study Completion: June 1, 2017
• Last Updated: June 1, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Locations

CO (1)