Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Children (RCParvulari)

RCParvulari: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the Infant Population.

Children's education students are able to identify a possible emergency and in their case act appropriately.

The authors think that the propsed training will improve the knowledge, change the attitude and improve their practical skills, and also retain the information over time.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Arrest With Successful Resuscitation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Training on emergency telephone numbers and mnemonics; Behavioral: Sham generic formation on the cardiopulmonary arrest.

Detailed Description

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) formation in children and teachers is a current and high impact topic in public health: with an appropriate training anyone can save life (Böttiger, 2015). Primary school students are willing to learn CPR and they are also Carriers of knowledge among their surroundings like family or friends (Martínez, 2015).

The authors propose a clinical trial to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and skills in primary education students of various schools, before and after a CPR formation.

The schools will be previously randomized in intervention group and control group. Once the intervention has been completed and the results obtained, training equal to the intervention will be offered to the control schools. In the bibliographic search no validated questionnaires in CPR learning among primary education students has been found.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 1327
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Barcelona, Spain, 08630
    • Abrera

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 4 years to 6 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Spanish primary education students attending the 5th level.
• Informed consent signed by parents or tutors

Exclusion Criteria:

• Spanish primary school children with learning disabilities.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Intervention group; Training on emergency telephone numbers and mnemonics	Behavioral: Training on emergency telephone numbers and mnemonics; The intervention will consist in carrying out an initial theoretical training on how to act in case of attending an emergency, with graphic support of slides (power-point) during 5 minutes, followed by a practical part with the projection of the video of a song and with a "role play" activity for 15 minutes, to remember the helpline number for emergencies (112) and relate it to the mnemonic mouth-nose-eyes. At the beginning and at the end of the theoretical-practical activity, the evaluation questionnaires will be administered to each one of the students.
Sham Comparator: Control group; Sham generic formation on the cardiopulmonary arrest.	Behavioral: Sham generic formation on the cardiopulmonary arrest.; The sham intervention for the control group will consist in providing a generic formation on the cardiopulmonary arrest, with graphic support of slides (power-point) during 10 minutes, without specifying the telephone number of assistance for emergencies or the mnemonics mouth-nose-eyes. At the beginning and at the end of the theoretical activity, the evaluation questionnaires will be administered to each one of the students.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Learning the helpline number for emergencies (112).	Number of children who know the helpline number for emergencies (112),through ad hoc questionnaire, at baseline before and after intervention or sham formation.	baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Learnig the relatinoship between helpline number for emergencie to the mnemonic mouth-nose-eyes	Number of children who know the relatinoship between helpline number for emergencies to the mnemonic mouth-nose-eyes, through ad hoc questionnaire, at baseline before and after intervention or sham formation.	baseline
Improvement or maintenance of the knowledge of the helpline number for emergencies (112)	Number of children who mantain or improve the knowledge of the helpline number for emergencies (112), through ad hoc questionnaire, after 6-12 months	6-12 months
Improvement or maintenance of the knowledge of the relatinoship between helpline number for emergencie to the mnemonic mouth-nose-eyes	Number of children who who mantain or improve the knowledge of the relatinoship between helpline number for emergencie to the mnemonic mouth-nose-eyes, through ad hoc questionnaire, after 6-12 months	6-12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: David Pedrazas, PhD, Institut Català de la Salut. Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Bottiger BW, Van Aken H. Kids save lives--Training school children in cardiopulmonary resuscitation worldwide is now endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Resuscitation. 2015 Sep;94:A5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.07.005. Epub 2015 Jul 21. No abstract available.
• Martínez Villegas I, Varo Caro MC, Salado Natera MI. Metodología didáctica para la en-señanza de reanimación cardiopulmonar en edad infantil. Med Gen y Fam. 2015;4(2):43-46.

Helpful Links

• Martínez I 2015: Children are also carriers of knowledge among their surroundings like family or friends

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 25, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 30, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): September 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 31, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 16, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): February 23, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 6, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 5, 2022
• Last Verified: July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Teaching Material; Primary education
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Arrest
• Other Study ID Numbers: 4R17/094

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No