Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Care Strategy Application Development

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science

The objective of this study was to develop an educational training App for ECMO care, and to apply a blended learning approach to improve the knowledge and skills of nurses.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Learning Problem

Detailed Description

In recent years, for patients with acute cardiac infarction, severe cardiac shock, and refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome, the intervention of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) has become an adjunctive treatment for severe cardiopulmonary diseases, which can temporarily replace cardiopulmonary function, slow the deterioration of cardiopulmonary function, and buy time to assist in clinical treatment. However, the education and training of ECMO is mainly based on traditional classroom teaching, which has also been affected by COVID-2019, resulting in training process difficulties as nurses are easily restricted by time and environment.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 120

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

There was a total of 97 participants in this study, with an average of 9 years of nursing experience; the shortest experience was 1 year, and the longest was 29 years, of which 35 (36%) participants were nurses with less than 5 years of experience, and 36 (37%) were nurses with more than 10 years of experience.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• licensed nurse practitioners working in the intensive care center of the teaching hospital and willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• those who did not use smart phones.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Comparison of knowledge and skills of nurses between groups after the intervention For 6 months.	The instruments of this study included a questionnaire survey, the development of the ECMO Care Strategy App, and a blended learning design. The questionnaire survey consisted of three parts: the first part was the basic attributes, the second part was the perception of the ECMO knowledge and care behaviors, and the third part was the ECMO Care Strategy App System Usability Assessment Scale. The questionnaire content was based on the ECMO training literature and digital learning of Rouleau et al. (2019), Thomas et al. (2019), Chaves et al. (2019), Jiritano et al. (2020), as well as the content of the in-hospital ECMO education and training manual, including the care knowledge and perception of care behaviors, for a total of 18 questions.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Pei-Hung Liao
• Investigators: Study Director: Pei-Hung Liao, PH.D., National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 13, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 26, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 26, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Learning
• Other Study ID Numbers: 111-085-B

Drug and device information, study documents

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