Patient's Informational Privacy in Prehospital Emergency Care - Educational Intervention Study for the Paramedics

NCT06388356 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 042024
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The main goal of this educational intervention study about patient's informational privacy (IP) is to evaluate the effect of the educational intervention into the paramedics' knowledge and attitude regarding patient's IP. The study also investigates the usability and the feasibility of the educational intervention. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. 1.What is the effect of the educational intervention on the
2. 2.theoretical knowledge of paramedics' regarding IP?
3. 3.the paramedics' attitude towards patient's IP?
4. 4.What is the usability and feasibility of the intervention being evaluated according to the respondents?

Conditions

Knowledge; Attitude of Health Personnel

Keywords

Informational privacy, confidentiality,

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Paramedics' knowledge about patient's informational privacy

  The possible change in paramedics' knowledge about patient's informational privacy (IP) will be evaluated by comparing the results from the first and second (after intervention) measurements from the both groups (experiment and control) by using the KAPIP (Knowledge and attitude towards patients' informational privacy) instrument developed for this research. It contains background factors and three separate sections. Sections I and II are providing the results for the main outcome: I) Subjective theoretical knowledge - paramedics' self-assessment of their knowledge about IP. Scaling from 1-5 (very poor, poor, fair, good, very good) II) Actual theoretical knowledge - knowledge test (objective evaluation regarding IP). Declarative sentences formed on true-or-false basis and with the option of I don't. The responses are scored as follows: In subjective and actual theoretical knowledge higher scores indicate higher level of knowledge: good, moderate, poor.

  Measurements are conducted during two different time frame: first measurement before the educational intervention taking up to 4 weeks. Second measurement after educational intervention taking up to 4 weeks.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• paramedics' attitude towards patient's informational privacy.

  Measurements are conducted during two different time frame: first measurement before the educational intervention taking up to 4 weeks. Second measurement after educational intervention taking up to 4 weeks.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Receives the educational intervention

Other: Educational intervention - Yksityisyyttä ensihoitoon / Informational privacy for preospital emergency care

control group

NO INTERVENTION

The comparison group will not perform the educational intervention and will continue to work as normal standard according to their own organization's instructions.

Interventions

Educational intervention - Yksityisyyttä ensihoitoon / Informational privacy for preospital emergency care OTHER

Educational intervention is a self-study, online course on Koulumaali platform about patient's informational privacy (IP) in prehospital emergency care (PEC). It comprises three separate educational modules approximately 30 min. long: module I) the meaning and significance of IP and its protection, module II) legislation regarding IP and its protection in healthcare and module III) breaches of IPand its protection in PEC. Each module contains theoretical sections as well as case-exercises and tests. Participants will have four weeks time to execute the entire course independently. Participants can execute the modules according to their own schedule. The modules need to be completed in certain order by following the numerical order from first to third. Only one of the modules is open at a time and the second module activates after the previous modules has been completed. Already completed modules become inactive.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Participating paramedic has a degree in healthcare or is in the process of completing a health care degree.
• Participating paramedics is working as an ALS (advanced life support) or BLS (basic life support) level paramedic in one of the two target rescue departments during the entire time of the data collection.
• Participant is capable to understand Finnish.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eini Koskimies: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Turku

Turku, 20520, Finland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Brooke, J. (2013). SUS: A Retrospective. Journal of Usability Studies, 8(2), 29- 40. Brooke, J. (1996). SUS: a 'quick and dirty' usability scale. In: Usability evaluation in industry (Jordan PW, Thomas B, Weerdmeester BA, McClelland AL ed.), Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 189- 194.

  BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Eini Koskimies, Doctoral researcher

  University of Turku

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Doctoral reseacher

Model Details: Two groups, intervention and control group. Only intervention group is receiveing the intervention.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 19, 2024
• First Posted: April 29, 2024
• Study Start: March 25, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 19, 2024
• Study Completion: June 16, 2024
• Last Updated: June 18, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-06

Locations

FI (1)