Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Ms Pam Moule
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of the West of England
Faculty of Health and Social Care
Glenside Campus
Blackberry Hill
Stapleton
Bristol
BS16 1DD
United Kingdom
+44 0117 328 8422
Pam.moule@uwe.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0038161733
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
What is the estimated improvement (effect size) in skill and knowledge of Basic Life Support and Automated External Defibrillator use, which can be expected with comparable mental health care (MHC) professionals completing a similar programme of face-to-face or e-learning based instruction?
Ethics approval
Added 29 July 2008: Ethics approval was received from the local medical ethics committee before trial recruitment began.
Study design
Pilot RCT
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Not Applicable: Resuscitation
Intervention
Pilot RCT. Staff randomised to:
[A] Experimental e-technology education in basic life-support (BLS) with automated external defibrillator (AED) use.
[B] Traditional face-to-face nationally approved training in basic life support (BLS) with automated external defibrillator (AED) use.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Measure of the effect size between online learning and face-to-face groups on an outcome criteria of 32% passing knowledge and 35% passing skills tests in BLS and AED use.
Secondary outcome measures
Added 23 July 2008:
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
18/04/2005
Overall trial end date
17/04/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Staff at Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, who are based at selected acute and chronic adult care wards.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
83
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Participants should not have received advanced life support or intermediate life support training previously in the trust
2. No evidence of BLS updating in the past 12 months
Recruitment start date
18/04/2005
Recruitment end date
17/04/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University of the West of England
Bristol
BS16 1DD
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (UK) NHS R&D Support Funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2008 results:
Moule P Albarran J Bessant E Pollock J Brownfield C (2008) A comparison of e-learning and classroom delivery of basic life support with automated external defibrillator use: A pilot study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. In press