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

NCT03498508 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2006/201/2 (part 1)
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 3,044
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 4

Brief 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.

Conditions

In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Keywords

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Knowledge; In-hospital cardiac arrest; Skills

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• 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

• 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

Study Arms (2)

Healthcare professionals in Dalarna County Council

Healthcare professionals working in-hospital at the hospitals in Mora, Avesta and Falun, Sweden, n=1473.

Healthcare professionals in Region Västmanland

Healthcare professionals working in-hospital at the hospital in Västerås, Region Västmanland, Sweden, n=1571.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthcare professionals of all professions working in-hospital with patient contact.

You may qualify if:

• Healtchare professionals of all professions
• Working in-hospital with patient contact
• Present at the time of the survey

You may not qualify if:

• Not working with patients
• Abscent at the time of the survey

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dalarna County Council, Sweden: lead
• Dalarna University: collaborator
• Center for Clinical Research Dalarna, Sweden: collaborator
• Region Västmanland: collaborator

Study Sites (4)

Avesta Lasarett

Avesta, Dalarna County, 77482, Sweden

Location

Falu Lasarett

Falun, Dalarna County, 79182, Sweden

Location

Mora Lasarett

Mora, Dalarna County, 79129, Sweden

Location

Västmanlands sjukhus

Västerås, Västmanland County, 72189, Sweden

Location

Study Officials

• Anneli Strömsöe

  Dalarna County Council

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: R.N. PhD candidate

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 28, 2018
• First Posted: April 13, 2018
• Study Start: December 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: January 15, 2017
• Study Completion: April 30, 2018
• Last Updated: August 23, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-08

Locations

SE (4)