Early or Late Booster for Basic Life Support?

NCT ID: NCT02998723

Last Updated: 2018-09-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 95 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2017-04-30

Brief Summary

Attrition of skills after basic life support (BLS) training is common. Psychology studies have established that for basic memory recall tasks, spaced learning strategies improve retention. Spaced learning is often organized as a refresher or 'booster' course after initial training. This study aims to investigate if this principle holds true for BLS skills, which require rapid memory recall and efficient deployment of procedural skills while under time pressure.

Detailed Description

Novice laypeople who have not received BLS training in the 6 months leading up to the date of participation will be recruited from the University of Ottawa and the general public. Participants will be randomized into one of three groups: early booster, late booster, or no booster (control). Currently, no booster is the educational standard. The early booster group will receive a booster at 3 weeks, the late booster at 2 months, and no booster for the control. All participants will undergo BLS training, an immediate post-test, and a retention post-test at 4 months. Post-tests involve a simulated cardiac arrest scenario. Raters will be blinded to the group allocation and simulation test order.

Conditions

Basic Life Support

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Early Booster Teaching

The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Early Booster Teaching

Intervention Type: OTHER

The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.

Late booster Teaching

The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Late Booster Teaching

Intervention Type: OTHER

The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback

Control group

The control group will receive no booster at all.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Early Booster Teaching

The early booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 3 weeks post-training followed by feedback.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Late Booster Teaching

The late booster group will receive a booster teaching session at 2 months post-training followed by feedback

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Laypeople who have not received any BLS training or practice in the 6 months leading up to the date of their participation will be recruited.

Exclusion Criteria

• Under 18 years old;
• Non layperson and Basic Life Training in less than 6 months.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Sylvain Boet, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Ottawa Hospital

Locations

The Ottawa Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

References

Boet S, Waldolf R, Bould C, Lam S, Burns JK, Moffett S, McBride G, Ramsay T, Bould MD. Early or late booster for basic life support skill for laypeople: a simulation-based randomized controlled trial. CJEM. 2022 Jun;24(4):408-418. doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00291-3. Epub 2022 Apr 19.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35438450 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

20150174-01H

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id