The Impact of First Aid Blended Learning Training on Learning Outcomes and Helping Behaviour of Adult Laypeople in Rwanda

NCT ID: NCT06003504

Last Updated: 2024-08-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 540 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-07-13
• Study Completion Date: 2024-03-24

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to assess the impact of a first aid training delivered through a blended learning approach on learning outcomes and helping behaviour in adult laypeople in Rwanda.

Participants will be randomly assigned to either:

• a first aid training with blended learning approach;
• a first aid training with conventional face-to-face approach;
• no first aid training.

All participants will be asked before, immediately after, and 6 months after the first aid trainings to complete

• a questionnaire on first aid-related knowledge, self-efficacy, and willingness to help;
• a practical test on first aid-related skills.

The helping behaviour of the participants will be surveyed before and 6 months after the first aid trainings have been completed.

Researchers will compare the effects in learning outcomes and helping behaviour after 6 months between:

• the first aid training with blended learning approach and no first aid training;
• the first aid training with blended learning approach and first aid training with conventional face-to-face approach.

Conditions

Emergencies; Injuries; Illness Physical

Study Design

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

Study Groups

First aid training with blended learning approach

Participants follow a first aid training delivered through a blended learning approach.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

First aid training with blended learning approach

Intervention Type: OTHER

The content of the first aid blended learning training is standardised and based on the 2021 edition of the Basic First Aid in Africa manual from the Belgian Red Cross, covering first aid general principles and instructions for:

• emergencies (i.e. choking, unconsciousness with and without normal breathing, chest discomfort and stroke, poisoning, and severe external bleeding);
• injuries (i.e. skin wounds, burns, and injuries to muscles, joints, limbs, head, neck, and back);
• illnesses (i.e. fainting, fever, fits, and diarrhoea).

The training consists of 2 consecutive parts:

1. First aid theory is learned independently in a mobile application followed by an online test to ob-tain an admission ticket for the subsequent in-class training;

2. First aid skills are practiced during a 1-day in-class training facilitated by a certified first aid instructor of the Rwanda Red Cross.

Participants get at least 10 days to learn in the mobile application and obtain the admission ticket.

First aid training with face-to-face approach

Participants follow a first aid training delivered through a conventional face-to-face approach.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

First aid training with face-to-face approach

Intervention Type: OTHER

The content of the first aid face-to-face training is standardised and based on the 2021 edition of the Basic First Aid in Africa manual from the Belgian Red Cross, covering first aid general principles and instructions for:

• emergencies (i.e. choking, unconsciousness with and without normal breathing, chest discomfort and stroke, poisoning, and severe external bleeding);
• injuries (i.e. skin wounds, burns, and injuries to muscles, joints, limbs, head, neck, and back);
• illnesses (i.e. fainting, fever, fits, and diarrhoea).

The training consists of a 3-days in-class training with lectures and practical exercises on first aid the-ory and skills, facilitated by a certified first aid instructor of the Rwanda Red Cross.

Waitlist control

Participants do not receive any training

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

First aid training with blended learning approach

The content of the first aid blended learning training is standardised and based on the 2021 edition of the Basic First Aid in Africa manual from the Belgian Red Cross, covering first aid general principles and instructions for:

• emergencies (i.e. choking, unconsciousness with and without normal breathing, chest discomfort and stroke, poisoning, and severe external bleeding);
• injuries (i.e. skin wounds, burns, and injuries to muscles, joints, limbs, head, neck, and back);
• illnesses (i.e. fainting, fever, fits, and diarrhoea).

The training consists of 2 consecutive parts:

1. First aid theory is learned independently in a mobile application followed by an online test to ob-tain an admission ticket for the subsequent in-class training;

2. First aid skills are practiced during a 1-day in-class training facilitated by a certified first aid instructor of the Rwanda Red Cross.

Participants get at least 10 days to learn in the mobile application and obtain the admission ticket.

Intervention Type: OTHER

First aid training with face-to-face approach

The content of the first aid face-to-face training is standardised and based on the 2021 edition of the Basic First Aid in Africa manual from the Belgian Red Cross, covering first aid general principles and instructions for:

• emergencies (i.e. choking, unconsciousness with and without normal breathing, chest discomfort and stroke, poisoning, and severe external bleeding);
• injuries (i.e. skin wounds, burns, and injuries to muscles, joints, limbs, head, neck, and back);
• illnesses (i.e. fainting, fever, fits, and diarrhoea).

The training consists of a 3-days in-class training with lectures and practical exercises on first aid the-ory and skills, facilitated by a certified first aid instructor of the Rwanda Red Cross.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

First Aid Blended Learning (FABL); Basic First Aid in Africa (BFA)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult (≥ 18 years) laypeople
• Access to a smartphone or tablet, which is able to install and run a mobile application

Exclusion Criteria

• Having attended a first aid training in the past
• Having an academic or professional background in the (para)medical field

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

Sponsors

Rwanda Red Cross

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Belgian Red Cross

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgium

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Emmy De Buck, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgium

Locations

Rwanda Red Cross

Kigali, , Rwanda

Countries

Rwanda

Other Identifiers

FABL-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id