Poor Theoretical Knowledge and Self-assessed Ability of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among In-hospital Healthcare Professionals: a Cross Sectional Study With Questionnaires.

Theoretical knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the foundation of being able to perform CPR in a cardiac arrest situation. The knowledge and skills received in training is easily lost and after one year the level is equal to pretraining. International studies regarding knowledge of CPR among healthcare professionals, mostly nurses, show poor results. The knowledge of CPR among Swedish healthcare professionals is poorly studied.

The aim of this study was to describe the theoretical knowledge of CPR and self-assessed abilities of performing CPR among healthcare professionals working in four hospitals in Sweden.

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Key information

Conditions

In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Avesta Lasarett, Avesta, Dalarna County, Sweden

About this study

A questionnaire will be handed out containing a knowledge test of nine questions at a basic level. The questionnaire also contains Likert-scales that measures four self-assessed CPR abilities of the respondents (the ability to take leadership, give compressions, to ventilate and to defibrillate).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Healtchare professionals of all professions
Working in-hospital with patient contact
Present at the time of the survey

Exclusion criteria

Not working with patients
Abscent at the time of the survey

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Factors affecting theorethical knowledge

Time frame: April 30, 2018

The number of correct answers of the knowledge questions among 3044 respondents will be described and analyzed. An acceptable amount of correct answers will be seven out of nine, or more, >80%. The dependent variable number of correct answers will be analyzed with the independent variables profession, years in profession, workplace and time since last CPR-training.
Factors affecting self-assessed abilities.

Time frame: April 30, 2018

Four self-assessed CPR-skills among 3044 respondents measured on a Likert scale of 1-7 will be measured and described. The skills are the ability to take leadership, give chest compressions, to ventilate and to defibrillate. The dependent variable consisting of a factor score of self-assessed abilities will be analyzed with independent variables such as profession, years in profession, workplace and time since last CPR-training.

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: 2013
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2018
First posted: Apr 13, 2018
Registry last updated: Aug 23, 2018

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