In-hospital Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Their Experience in Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Attitudes among healthcare professionals can possibly affect the treatment given in cardiac arrest situations. The attitudes of healthcare professionals towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been poorly studied. The few existing previous international results shows attitudes reported by nurses as hesitation, fear of defibrillation, anxiety and fear of harming the patient. The aim of this study was to describe the attitudes towards performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation among in-hospital healthcare professionals, furthermore to assess if experience in performing CPR has an effect on attitudes.

Detailed Description
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Data will be collected using questionnaires containing attitude questions. The questionnaires contains questions regarding attitudes towards being required to perform CPR (6 questions), previous experience in performing CPR (time since last performance and number of performances) and attitudes during the latest CPR performance (8 questions). All attitude questions are constructed as multiple choice questions. Results regarding attitudes towards being required to perform CPR and attitudes during the latest CPR performance will be presented descriptively. To analyse a possible effect of time since CPR performance and number of CPR performances on attitudes during the latest CPR performance logistic regression will be used. Response variables will be yes or no on 8 specific attitude questions with predictors consisting of time since CPR performance (0-3 months ago, 4-23 months ago and >24 months) and number of CPR performances (1-3 times, 4-10 times and >10 times).

Official Title
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In-hospital Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Their Experience in Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Conditions
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In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: In-hospital healthcare professionals. Patient contact Exclusion Criteria: Absent during the survey Parental leave Leave of absence Sick leave.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Healthcare professionals in the Region of Västmanland<br>Healthcare professionals of all professions working in-hospital with patient contact at two hospitals in the Region of Västmanland, Sweden. Data is collected by questionnaires. | |
| Healthcare professionals in the Region of Dalarna<br>Healthcare professionals of all professions working in-hospital with patient contact at three hospitals in the Region of Dalarna, Sweden. Data is collected by questionnaires. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| In-hospital healthcare professionals' attitudes towards CPR. | 14 questions regarding attitudes towards performing CPR will be presented descriptively. Number of respondents answering yes, no and I don´t know to each attitude question will be presented. | one month | 
| In-hospital healthcare professionals' experience in performing CPR. | Two questions regarding experience in performing CPR will be presented descriptively. Number of respondents in each response category concerning number of previous CPR performances and time since last CPR performance will be presented. | one month | 
| Does experience in performing CPR have an effect on attitudes towards CPR | The effect of previous experience in CPR on attitudes during a cardiac arrest situation will be analysed using binary logistic regression. Each of the eight questions concerning attitudes during a cardiac arrest situation will serve as a dependent variable with yes as the response. Independent variables consists of number of previous CPR performances, time since last CPR performance and workplace. Independent variables associated with the dependent variable at a level of p <0.1 will be included in a multiple model. The model will be adjusted for profession and number of years in profession. | two months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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in-hospital cardiac arrest, attitudes, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR