NCT01645566

Task Focusing Strategy During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Impact of a Task Focusing Strategy on Perceived Stress Levels and Performance During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 124 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a prospective randomized controlled study. The aim of this study is to 1. describe the stress patterns experienced during a CPR situation; 2. investigate whether the perceived stress was associated with CPR performance in terms of hands-on time and time to start CPR; 3. to investigate whether this task focusing strategy reduces perceived stress levels, and 4. whether this translates into better CPR performance. Based on findings that clear, directive leadership can enhance performance in cardiac resuscitation, we further 5) investigate if stress was associated with fewer leadership statements.

Conditions

• Mental Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	instruction	instructions about focusing on relevant task elements by posing two task-focusing questions ("what is the patient's condition?", "what immediate action is needed?") when feeling overwhelmed by stress (intervention-group)

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-12-01
• Primary completion: 2008-05-01
• Completion: 2008-07-01
• First posted: 2012-07-20
• Last updated: 2012-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland