Clinical trial NCT01645566: Task Focusing Strategy During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Official title: Impact of a Task Focusing Strategy on Perceived Stress Levels and Performance During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Stress
Keywords: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
stress
intervention
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-07-20
Enrollment: 124
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary: This is a prospective randomized controlled study. The aim of this study is to

1. describe the stress patterns experienced during a CPR situation;
2. investigate whether the perceived stress was associated with CPR performance in terms of hands-on time and time to start CPR;
3. to investigate whether this task focusing strategy reduces perceived stress levels, and
4. whether this translates into better CPR performance. Based on findings that clear, directive leadership can enhance performance in cardiac resuscitation, we further 5) investigate if stress was associated with fewer leadership statements.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 4th year medical students

Exclusion Criteria:

* No informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: perceived levels of stress and feeling overwhelmed (stress/overload)
timeFrame: time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: hands-on time
timeFrame: time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
measure: time to start CPR
timeFrame: time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
measure: Number of leadership statements
timeFrame: time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Basel
country: Switzerland
facility: University Hospital Basel
state: BS
Study officials:
affiliation: University Hospital Basel, Medical Intensive Care Unit
name: Sabina Hunziker, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Hunziker S, Semmer NK, Tschan F, Schuetz P, Mueller B, Marsch S. Dynamics and association of different acute stress markers with performance during a simulated resuscitation. Resuscitation. 2012 May;83(5):572-8. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.11.013. Epub 2011 Nov 22.
citation: Hunziker S, Laschinger L, Portmann-Schwarz S, Semmer NK, Tschan F, Marsch S. Perceived stress and team performance during a simulated resuscitation. Intensive Care Med. 2011 Sep;37(9):1473-9. doi: 10.1007/s00134-011-2277-2. Epub 2011 Jun 22.
citation: Hunziker S, Johansson AC, Tschan F, Semmer NK, Rock L, Howell MD, Marsch S. Teamwork and leadership in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jun 14;57(24):2381-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.03.017.
citation: Hunziker S, Pagani S, Fasler K, Tschan F, Semmer NK, Marsch S. Impact of a stress coping strategy on perceived stress levels and performance during a simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Emerg Med. 2013 Apr 22;13:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-227X-13-8.