Critical Care EEG Course

Teaching the Basics of Electroencephalography to Critical Care Teams

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Electroencephalogram; Intensive Care Units; Teaching Intervention
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Critical Care EEG Course

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 100

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 92100
    • Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Ambroise Pare Hospital
  • Clichy, France
    • Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beaujon Hospital
  • Le Chesnay, France, 78150
    • Intensive Care Unit - Versailles Hospital
  • Paris, France, 75000
    • Medical Intensive Care Unit - Cochin Teaching Hospital
  • Paris, France, 75014
    • Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Saint Joseph Hospital
  • Suresnes, France, 92150
    • Intensive Care Unit - Foch Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Critical care medical and nursing staff

Description

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)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

Educational program; Medical and nursing staff will be given a 10-points EEG face-to-face initial training course that will be preceded by a pre-test evaluation and followed by delayed post-test evaluations. Training will be followed by an online teaching consisting on additional questions and answers quizzes based on the 10 educational goals already described elsewhere. In order to avoid any risk of intrasite contamination, all the learners benefiting from the training in the same department will be trained in a uniform time, with respect to the training schedule regarding post-test evaluations (day-1, day-15 and day-30). A final evaluation will be performed at day-90 after beginning of the training course.

Other: Critical Care EEG Course; 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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall EEG interpretation	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.	at Day 90

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Before/After Comparison	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)	from Day 1 to Day 90 after face-to-face training

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ictal Group
• Collaborators: Versailles Hospital

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Legriel S, Jacq G, Lalloz A, Geri G, Mahaux P, Bruel C, Brochon S, Zuber B, Andre C, Dervin K, Holleville M, Cariou A. Teaching Important Basic EEG Patterns of Bedside Electroencephalography to Critical Care Staffs: A Prospective Multicenter Study. Neurocrit Care. 2021 Feb;34(1):144-153. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-01010-5.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): May 22, 2018
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): May 31, 2019
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): July 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 7, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 1, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): June 4, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 23, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 21, 2020
• Last Verified: June 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Critical Care EEG Course

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