Poor Theoretical Knowledge and Self-assessed Ability of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among In-hospital Healthcare Professionals: a Cross Sectional Study With Questionnaires.

Dalarna County Council, Sweden3,044 enrolled

Overview

Theoretical knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the foundation of being able to perform CPR in a cardiac arrest situation. The knowledge and skills received in training is easily lost and after one year the level is equal to pretraining. International studies regarding knowledge of CPR among healthcare professionals, mostly nurses, show poor results. The knowledge of CPR among Swedish healthcare professionals is poorly studied. The aim of this study was to describe the theoretical knowledge of CPR and self-assessed abilities of performing CPR among healthcare professionals working in four hospitals in Sweden.

A questionnaire will be handed out containing a knowledge test of nine questions at a basic level. The questionnaire also contains Likert-scales that measures four self-assessed CPR abilities of the respondents (the ability to take leadership, give compressions, to ventilate and to defibrillate).

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

3,044

Conditions

In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Healtchare professionals of all professions * Working in-hospital with patient contact * Present at the time of the survey Exclusion Criteria: * Not working with patients * Abscent at the time of the survey

Locations (4)

Avesta Lasarett

Avesta, Dalarna County, Sweden

Falu Lasarett

Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden

Mora Lasarett

Mora, Dalarna County, Sweden

Västmanlands sjukhus

Västerås, Västmanland County, Sweden

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Factors affecting theorethical knowledge

The number of correct answers of the knowledge questions among 3044 respondents will be described and analyzed. An acceptable amount of correct answers will be seven out of nine, or more, \>80%. The dependent variable number of correct answers will be analyzed with the independent variables profession, years in profession, workplace and time since last CPR-training.

Time frame: April 30, 2018

Factors affecting self-assessed abilities.

Four self-assessed CPR-skills among 3044 respondents measured on a Likert scale of 1-7 will be measured and described. The skills are the ability to take leadership, give chest compressions, to ventilate and to defibrillate. The dependent variable consisting of a factor score of self-assessed abilities will be analyzed with independent variables such as profession, years in profession, workplace and time since last CPR-training.

Time frame: April 30, 2018