In-hospital Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Their Experience in Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Attitudes among healthcare professionals can possibly affect the treatment given in cardiac arrest situations. The attitudes of healthcare professionals towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been poorly studied. The few existing previous international results shows attitudes reported by nurses as hesitation, fear of defibrillation, anxiety and fear of harming the patient.

The aim of this study was to describe the attitudes towards performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation among in-hospital healthcare professionals, furthermore to assess if experience in performing CPR has an effect on attitudes.

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Key information

Conditions

In-hospital Cardiac Arrest Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Region of Västmanland, Västerås, Västmanland County, Sweden

About this study

Data will be collected using questionnaires containing attitude questions. The questionnaires contains questions regarding attitudes towards being required to perform CPR (6 questions), previous experience in performing CPR (time since last performance and number of performances) and attitudes during the latest CPR performance (8 questions). All attitude questions are constructed as multiple choice questions.

Results regarding attitudes towards being required to perform CPR and attitudes during the latest CPR performance will be presented descriptively. To analyse a possible effect of time since CPR performance and number of CPR performances on attitudes during the latest CPR performance logistic regression will be used. Response variables will be "yes" or "no" on 8 specific attitude questions with predictors consisting of time since CPR performance (0-3 months ago, 4-23 months ago and >24 months) and number of CPR performances (1-3 times, 4-10 times and >10 times).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

In-hospital healthcare professionals.
Patient contact

Exclusion criteria

Absent during the survey
Parental leave
Leave of absence
Sick leave.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

In-hospital healthcare professionals' attitudes towards CPR.

Time frame: one month

14 questions regarding attitudes towards performing CPR will be presented descriptively. Number of respondents answering "yes", "no" and "I don´t know" to each attitude question will be presented.
In-hospital healthcare professionals' experience in performing CPR.

Time frame: one month

Two questions regarding experience in performing CPR will be presented descriptively. Number of respondents in each response category concerning number of previous CPR performances and time since last CPR performance will be presented.
Does experience in performing CPR have an effect on attitudes towards CPR

Time frame: two months

The effect of previous experience in CPR on attitudes during a cardiac arrest situation will be analysed using binary logistic regression. Each of the eight questions concerning attitudes during a cardiac arrest situation will serve as a dependent variable with "yes" as the response. Independent variables consists of number of previous CPR performances, time since last CPR performance and workplace. Independent variables associated with the dependent variable at a level of p <0.1 will be included in a multiple model. The model will be adjusted for profession and number of years in profession.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Dalarna County Council, Sweden

Other

Collaborators

Center for Clinical Research Dalarna, Sweden
Dalarna University
Region Västmanland

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2008
Primary completion: 2016
Study completion: 2016
First posted: Mar 25, 2020
Registry last updated: Mar 26, 2020

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