The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public access defibrillation in urban and rural populations in Northern Ireland

ISRCTN ISRCTN07286796
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN07286796
Secondary identifying numbers COM/2371/03
Submission date
20/01/2006
Registration date
30/01/2006
Last edited
18/03/2008
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Circulatory System
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Study website

Contact information

Prof Frank Kee
Scientific

QUB Centre For Clinical and Population Science
1st Floor Mulhouse building
Royal Victoria Hospital
Grosvenor road
Belfast
BT12 6BA
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)28 90632746
Email f.kee@qub.ac.uk

Study information

Study designAn observational study for one year followed by an intervention using public access defibrillation on the cohort
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designCohort study
Study setting(s)Not specified
Study typePrevention
Scientific title
Study acronymNorthern Ireland Public Access Defibrillation (NIPAD)
Study objectivesTraining laypersons such as first responders and police officers to carry and use automated external defibrillators to attend the scene of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests will result in the resuscitation of additional patients by a reduction in the response time compared to the existing emergency medical service response.
Ethics approval(s)Ethics approval received from the Northern Ireland Research Ethics Committee on the 26th March 2003 (ref: 47/03).
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedOut-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest
InterventionTraining lay cardiac first responders and police officers to carry and use automated external defibrillators in response to sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in fixed and mobile locations.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measure1. Survival after hospital discharge following out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest
2. Cost-effectiveness of public access defibrillation in the study areas
Secondary outcome measures1. Reduction in response time compared to existing emergency medical services
2. Return of spontaneous circulation
3. The modelling of the results to Northern Ireland as a whole using a spatial modelling approach
4. The modelling of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public access defibrillation across Northern Ireland
Overall study start date01/01/2004
Completion date03/04/2006

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participants300,000 people in study area, expected 300 cardiac arrests
Key inclusion criteriaAll patients with a presumed out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest over the age of 14 in Antrim, Ballymena, Magherafelt and North and West Belfast district council areas of Northern Ireland.
Key exclusion criteriaOut-of-hospital sudden deaths due to non-cardiac causes including trauma, drowning, overdose, poisoning and fire.
Date of first enrolment01/01/2004
Date of final enrolment03/04/2006

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Northern Ireland
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

QUB Centre For Clinical and Population Science
Belfast
BT12 6BA
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

The Research and Development Office for Health and Personal Social Services in Northern Ireland (UK)
Government

R&D Office
12-22 Linenhall street
Belfast
BT2 8BS
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)28 90553617
Email joanne.O'Neill@rdo.n-i.nhs.uk
Website http://www.centralservicesagency.n-i.nhs.uk/display
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Funders

Funder type

Government

The Research and Development Office for Health and Personal Social Services in Northern Ireland (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article Results 01/03/2008 Yes No