Trial Outcomes & Findings for Mastery Learning Versus Time-based Education: Skill Acquisition and Retention of Basic Life Support in Laypeople (NCT NCT02059395)

Results Overview

The official AHA Heartsave adult CPR AED Skill Sheet checklist for single-rescuer BLS was used to capture participants' skills for single-rescuer BLS and defibrillation with an AED. The AHA Heartsaver checklist has 11 action items, participant receives 1 point when an action on the checklist is performed. Therefore, the total score range from 0-11, with higher values represent a better outcome. Immediate post-test and retention test skill performance were evaluated by 2 independent raters. Skill retention was estimated by calculating the change in score from immediate post-test to retention test.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

49 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Baseline and 4 months

Results posted on

2018-01-30

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	Time Based Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course Time based learning: Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course according to the official course layout	Mastery Based Participants do follow the content of the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course content based on their own pace (timeframe) Mastery based learning: Participants are allowed to follow the course content at their own speed
Overall Study STARTED	22	27
Overall Study COMPLETED	20	23
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	2	4

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure	Time Based Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course Time based learning: Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course according to the official course layout	Mastery Based Participants do follow the content of the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course content based on their own pace (timeframe) Mastery based learning: Participants are allowed to follow the course content at their own speed
Overall Study Lost to Follow-up	2	4

Baseline Characteristics

Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Time Based n=22 Participants Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course Time based learning: Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course according to the official course layout	Mastery Based n=27 Participants Participants do follow the content of the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course content based on their own pace (timeframe) Mastery based learning: Participants are allowed to follow the course content at their own speed	Total n=49 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous	19.5 years n=22 Participants	20.0 years n=27 Participants	19.7 years n=49 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	9 Participants n=22 Participants	13 Participants n=27 Participants	22 Participants n=49 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	13 Participants n=22 Participants	14 Participants n=27 Participants	27 Participants n=49 Participants
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected	—	—	0 Participants Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Baseline and 4 months

The official AHA Heartsave adult CPR AED Skill Sheet checklist for single-rescuer BLS was used to capture participants' skills for single-rescuer BLS and defibrillation with an AED. The AHA Heartsaver checklist has 11 action items, participant receives 1 point when an action on the checklist is performed. Therefore, the total score range from 0-11, with higher values represent a better outcome. Immediate post-test and retention test skill performance were evaluated by 2 independent raters. Skill retention was estimated by calculating the change in score from immediate post-test to retention test.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Time Based n=20 Participants Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course Time based learning: Participants follow the traditional Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course according to the official course layout	Mastery Based n=23 Participants Participants do follow the content of the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Heartsaver Course content based on their own pace (timeframe) Mastery based learning: Participants are allowed to follow the course content at their own speed
Skill Retention Estimated From the Change of AHA Heartsaver Total Score From Immediate Post-test to Retention Test Immediate post test total score	8.0 units on a scale Interval 6.125 to 8.375	8.0 units on a scale Interval 7.0 to 9.0
Skill Retention Estimated From the Change of AHA Heartsaver Total Score From Immediate Post-test to Retention Test Retention test total score	8.5 units on a scale Interval 5.625 to 9.2	7.0 units on a scale Interval 6.0 to 8.0

Adverse Events

Time Based

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Mastery Based

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Sylvain Boet

The Ottawa Hospital

Phone: 6137985555

Email: [email protected]

Results disclosure agreements

Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
Publication restrictions are in place