Simulation Training as a Tool to Decrease Occupational Stress in ICU Personnel

NCT ID: NCT00232323

Last Updated: 2007-01-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: SUSPENDED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2006-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2006-06-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to check wether training mixed teams of physicians and nurses from intensive care units on patient simulators reduces stress in team members.

Detailed Description

Patient safety and the prevention of medical error are primary goals of healthcare organizations. Stress reduction may reduce or ameliorate such errors. Simulation training, using advanced patient simulators, has been shown to improve diagnostic, resuscitation and technical skills amongst physicians and nurses.We intend to check wether stress during ICU shifts may be reduced by using specifically designed scenarios based on real life experience,in integrative multidisciplinary ICU teams.

Conditions

Education, Health

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: ECT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

simulation training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• intensive care physicians and nurses working in respiratory ICU willing to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• unwilling to participate

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Sheba Medical Center

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Principal Investigators

Asaph E Nini, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sheba Medical Center and Medical Simulation Center

Locations

Sheba Medical Center

Tel Litwinsky, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Other Identifiers

SHEBA-05-3711-AN-CTIL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id