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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Detailed Description

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).

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 3639

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Sweden
  • Mora, Sweden, 79285
    • Region of Dalarna
  • Västmanland
    • Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden, 72189
      • Region of Västmanland

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

In-hospital healthcare professionals of all professions at five hospitals in the region of Västmanland and Region of Dalarna, Sweden.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• In-hospital healthcare professionals.
• Patient contact

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Healthcare professionals in the Region of Västmanland; Healthcare professionals of all professions working in-hospital with patient contact at two hospitals in the Region of Västmanland, Sweden. Data is collected by questionnaires.
Healthcare professionals in the Region of Dalarna; Healthcare professionals of all professions working in-hospital with patient contact at three hospitals in the Region of Dalarna, Sweden. Data is collected by questionnaires.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
In-hospital healthcare professionals' attitudes towards CPR.	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.	one month
In-hospital healthcare professionals' experience in performing CPR.	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.	one month
Does experience in performing CPR have an effect on attitudes towards CPR	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.	two months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Dalarna County Council, Sweden
• Collaborators: Dalarna University; Center for Clinical Research Dalarna, Sweden; Region Västmanland
• Investigators: Study Director: Anneli Strömsöe, PhD, Dalarna County Council

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 30, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): December 30, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 21, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 23, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 26, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 25, 2020
• Last Verified: March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: CPR; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; attitudes; in-hospital cardiac arrest
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Arrest
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2006/201/2 (part 2)

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