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NCT Number: NCT03545776

Critical Care EEG Course

Knowledge of the basic fundamental skills of electroencephalography would enable medical and nursing staffs to provide efficient and effective bedside EEG monitoring in critically ill patients.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of a 10-points EEG teaching program to allow bedside caregivers (medical and nursing intensive care unit staff) interpreting EEG in the critical care setting.

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Key information

Conditions

Electroencephalogram Intensive Care Units Teaching Intervention

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Ambroise Pare Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Volunteers among medical and nursing ICU staff of the participating ICUs

Exclusion criteria

  • Experienced or trained ICU staff members to EEG interpretation (pre-test score > 5/10)

Treatment and study plan

Critical Care EEG Course

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Medical and nursing staff will be given a 10-points EEG face-to-face initial training course followed by an online teaching and educational quizzes at day-1, day-15 and day-30 after initial training. A final evaluation will be performed at day-90 after beginning of the training course.

10-points EEG educational objectives : physiological rhythms, reactivity, symmetry, effects of sedation, burst suppression, paroxysmal activities, periodic / pseudoperiodic activities, rhythmic activities, artifacts, null EEG

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall EEG interpretation

    Time frame: at Day 90

    Percentage of learners with a correct answer rate.Training will be considered as efficient if more than 75% of learners are associated with a correct answer rate above 80% to EEG interpretation test at day 90 after initial training.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Before/After Comparison

    Time frame: from Day 1 to Day 90 after face-to-face training

    Comparison of correct answer rate between pre-test and post-tests evaluations at day 1, day 15, day 30 and day 90 after face-to-face training Analyzes will be carried out according to each of the 10-points educational goals, according to the medical or nursing staff category, according to the student's degree and according to the center and to usual way of using EEG (continuous, sequential, external provider)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ictal Group

Other

Collaborators

  • Versailles Hospital

Registry information

Official study title

Teaching the Basics of Electroencephalography to Critical Care Teams

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jun 4, 2018
Registry last updated
Jun 23, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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