Retention and Retrieval for Three Different Training Methods - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Doczero Ambulance Oost
Information provided by:	Doczero
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00933660

Purpose

The hypotheses that will be studied are:

H0: Providers trained by a web based application for skill competency in basic life support (BLS) and automated external defibrillation (AED) are as competent as those who were trained by certified instructors using the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) curriculum

H00-1: Providers who trained themselves with the used of web based training are more competent when they had a personal manikin for home exercise compared to providers who trained themselves with only a web based training

H0-2: Providers who did not receive any training will score lower than those who did.

Research questions for this study are:

What are the results in skill competency for non trained people?
What are the results in skill competency for trained people immediately after training?
What is the retention of skills for trained and non trained people after six months?

Condition	Intervention
Improvement of BLS/AED Training Methods	Other: ERC-training by instructor Other: Web-based training only Other: Web-based training with a personal training manikin

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Single Blind (Investigator), Active Control, Parallel Assignment
Official Title:	Do we Need an Instructor, or a Manikin to Learn BLS/AED, or is Web Based Training as Good as Instructor Based Training?

Further study details as provided by Doczero:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Kruskal-Wallis [ Time Frame: 10-2007 - 03-2009 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	280
Study Start Date:	October 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date:	September 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	March 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Control-1: Active Comparator ERC-training by instructor	Other: ERC-training by instructor Standard way of training with an instructor
Control-2: No Intervention No intervention
Experimental-1: Experimental Web-based training only	Other: Web-based training only Experimental way of training with a web based training application
Experimental-2: Experimental Web-based training with a personal training manikin	Other: Web-based training with a personal training manikin Experimental way of training with a web based training application and a simple personal training manikin

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	15 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

willing to follow a BLS/AED course

Exclusion Criteria:

CPR training within the last five years
professional health care provider

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00933660

Sponsors and Collaborators

Doczero

Ambulance Oost

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Wiebe de Vries, MSc	Doczero
Study Chair:	Koenraad Monsieurs, Professor	University Hospital, Ghent
Study Director:	Joost Bierens, Professor	VU Medical Centre
Study Chair:	Rudolph Koster, PhD	Academical Medical Centre Amsterdam

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	Doczero ( Wiebe de Vries )
Study ID Numbers:	081203_Ed-web
Study First Received:	July 2, 2009
Last Updated:	July 6, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00933660 History of Changes
Health Authority:	Netherlands: Independent Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by Doczero:

Education
Retention
Retrieval

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Urinary Retention

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 10, 2009