Task Focusing Strategy During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Stress
• Interventions: Behavioral: instruction

• Registration Number: NCT01645566
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Brief Summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled study. The aim of this study is to

1. describe the stress patterns experienced during a CPR situation;

2. investigate whether the perceived stress was associated with CPR performance in terms of hands-on time and time to start CPR;

3. to investigate whether this task focusing strategy reduces perceived stress levels, and

4. whether this translates into better CPR performance. Based on findings that clear, directive leadership can enhance performance in cardiac resuscitation, we further 5) investigate if stress was associated with fewer leadership statements.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-12
• Primary Completion: 2008-05
• Study Completion: 2008-07
• Status Verified: 2012-07
• Study First Submitted: 2012-07-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-07-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-07-19
• Study First Posted: 2012-07-20
• Last Update Posted: 2012-07-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

• 4th year medical students

Exclusion Criteria

• No informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intervention	instruction	instructions about focusing on relevant task elements by posing two task-focusing questions ("what is the patient's condition?", "what immediate action is needed?") when feeling overwhelmed by stress (intervention-group)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
perceived levels of stress and feeling overwhelmed (stress/overload)	time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)	This is a simulator study and the study starts after students entered the simulator and the manikin has a cardiac arrest. The scenarios usually last for not more than 5-10 min at which time point the study is finished

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
hands-on time	time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)	This is a simulator study and the study starts after students entered the simulator and the manikin has a cardiac arrest. The scenarios usually last for not more than 5-10 min at which time point the study is finished
time to start CPR	time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
Number of leadership statements	time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Basel; 🇨🇭 Basel, BS, Switzerland