Effectiveness of mass training program of chest compression-only CPR using a personal manikin: a randomized controlled trial.

UMIN ID: UMIN000001675

Registered date:31/01/2009

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Cardiac arrest
• Date of first enrollment: 2009/01/01
• Target sample size: 140
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

The chest compression-only CPR group members were provided with a 45-minute mass training program consisting of continuous chest compressions and an AED operation.
The conventional CPR group members were provided with a 180-minute training program consisting of chest compressions, mouth-to-mouth ventilations, and an AED operation.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: 1.The net number of appropriate chest compressions performed during two-minute test period six month after the training. 2.Proportion calculated as the actual number of appropriate chest compressions over the theoretically attainable number based on a CPR guideline.
• Secondary Outcome: 1.CPR performances and their attitudes toward CPR six month after the training. 2.CPR performances and their attitudes toward CPR one year after the training. 3.Attitudes toward CPR before and immediately after the CPR training.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 18years-old
• Age maximum: 70years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: 1. Healthcare professionals (medical doctor, nurse, pharmacist, nutritionist, medical technician, radiographer, occupational therapist, physical therapist, medical engineer, and paramedic) 2. Students majoring healthcare.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kyoto University
• Secondary Sponsor: Kyoto University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Grant-in-Aid for Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants (H18-Shinkin-001) from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.