Impact of the Save the Shame! Game on Advanced Life Support Knowledge

NCT05692375 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Gamification, listed by the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) as a learning process in its 2021 guidelines, is a new digital innovation tool that brings added value towards motivation that seems to reuse time in a creative way. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the game "Save the shame!" on advanced life support (ALS) knowledge of nurses and physicians in intensive care medicine settings. This is a cross-sectional study following a mixed methodology. In its preliminary phase it follows a qualitative and exploratory methodology, with application of the E-Delphi technique for creation and validation of the "Save the shame! game and validation of the ALS knowledge test. The study subsequently follows the experimental methodology. The investigators expect to confirm the hypothesis that the game "Save the Shame!" has a positive impact on the skills training of health professionals in intensive care medicine settings in a Portuguese hospital center.

Conditions

Intensive Care

Keywords

healthcare; gamification; education; advanced life support

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The score at the advanced life support knowledge assessment test

  The minimun score at the scale is 0 and the maximum is 100, were 100 means the best result. It was applied through an online application, facilitating the participation of the guests and providing the automatic transcription of the results. The platform registration was carried out in a coded manner, thus ensuring the anonymity of the participants.

  3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group will be inveted to use the game. Two weeks were defined as the time to use the game. The use of the game can be seen by the coded digital record on its digital platform .

Other: Invitation to play the game "Save the shame!"

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The control group neither used nor had access to the game.

Interventions

Invitation to play the game "Save the shame!" OTHER

The experimental group was asked to use the game. Two weeks were defined as the time to use the game. The use of the game can be seen by the coded digital record on its digital platform . The control group neither used nor had access to the game. Afterwards both groups performed the ALS knowledge assessment test. It is a test with 20 multiple choice questions each scored as right (0.5 points) or wrong (0 points).

Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• to be a nurse or a physician,
• to provide care in a intensive care unit of the identified hospital center (cirurgical, cardiothoracic, coronary, medical or trauma)

You may not qualify if:

• be any other health professional
• providing care in settings other than intensive care settings
• absence of informed consent
• belonging to the invited group of experts
• participation in the instrument design pre-test

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, E.P.E.: lead
• University of Minho: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Chvng

Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principle investigator

Model Details: The investigators developed an experimental approach, where we ensured randomization in sample identification and where a control group was present, favoring a strongest level of contribution to the evidence. This is a cross-sectional study with quantitative data collection following a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) design.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 10, 2023
• First Posted: January 20, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 10, 2022
• Study Completion: October 1, 2022
• Last Updated: March 31, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Locations

PT (1)