Clinical trial NCT00954161: Bystander Helping Behaviour for Myocardial Infarction Following First Aid Training
Official title: Bystander Helping Behaviour for Acute Myocardial Infarction Following a First Aid Training Programme That Draws Attention to the Barriers to Providing Help - Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Acute Myocardial Infarction
Keywords: First aid
Helping behaviour
Health education
Myocardial infarction
Emergencies
Lead sponsor: KU Leuven
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Belgian Red Cross
name: University Ghent
name: Laerdal Medical
First posted: 2009-08-07
Enrollment: 144
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary: The objective of this study is to measure the effect of an innovative training programme on the help seeking behaviour and helping rates of bystanders in medical emergencies.

Detailed description: A systematic review on the effects of first aid training concluded that training must also include ways to overcome obstacles to bystander intervention. This could lead to better help and higher helping rates in medical emergencies.

The objective of this paper is to measure the effect of an innovative training programme on the help seeking behaviour and helping rates of bystanders in medical emergencies. We chose to test the helping behaviour for acute myocardial infarction because it is an important cause of mortality and invalidity. While the victim is urgently in need of help, delay in seeking professional help is an important problem.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Course participants that are 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

* Course participants that are younger than 18 years
* Health care students
* Health care professionals

Primary outcomes:
measure: Delay time for seeking help during deception experiment
timeFrame: within 4 weeks after the control or intervention training
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Rate of helping during deception experiment
timeFrame: within 4 weeks after control or intervention training
measure: First aid self efficacy belief
timeFrame: within 15 minutes after experimental or control intervention
measure: Impact of event
timeFrame: Within 15 minutes after deception experiment
measure: State of mood
timeFrame: Within 15 minutes after deception experiment
measure: Credibility of deception
timeFrame: Within 15 minutes after deception
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mechelen
country: Belgium
facility: Belgian Red Cross-Flanders
Study officials:
affiliation: Academic Centre for General Practice, Catholic University Leuven
name: Bert Aertgeerts
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Van de Velde S, Heselmans A, Roex A, Vandekerckhove P, Ramaekers D, Aertgeerts B. Effectiveness of nonresuscitative first aid training in laypersons: a systematic review. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep;54(3):447-57, 457.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.005. Epub 2009 Jan 21.
citation: Van de Velde S, Roex A, Vangronsveld K, Niezink L, Van Praet K, Heselmans A, Donceel P, Vandekerckhove P, Ramaekers D, Aertgeerts B. Can training improve laypersons helping behaviour in first aid? A randomised controlled deception trial. Emerg Med J. 2013 Apr;30(4):292-7. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201128. Epub 2012 May 5.