Teaching basic life support to fourth grade medical student by senior medical student: A randomized controlled study comparing medical professional.
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- Conditions
- Cardiac arrest
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000001533
- Lead Sponsor
- Ehime University
- Brief Summary
Percentage chest compressions with adequate depth (mean +/- SD) was 54.5% +/- 31.8% in the peer-led group and 52.4% +/- 35.6% in the professional-led group. The 95% confidence interval (CI) of difference of the means was -18.7% to 22.8%. The proportion of participants who could ensure an adequate mean compression rate was 17/23 (73.9%) in the peer-led group but only 8/22 (36.4%) in the professional-led group (P = 0.011). On the 22-point questionnaire administered 20 weeks after training, the peer-led group scored 17.2 +/- 2.3 whereas the professional-led group scored 17.8 +/- 2.0. The 95% CI of difference of the means was -1.72 to 0.57.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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