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Effect of mobile application-based versus DVD-based CPR training on students’ practical CPR skills and willingness to act: a cluster randomised study

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Title
Effect of mobile application-based versus DVD-based CPR training on students’ practical CPR skills and willingness to act: a cluster randomised study
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BMJ Open, April 2016
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010717
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Anette Nord, Leif Svensson, Håkan Hult, Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg, Lennart Nilsson

Abstract

The aim was to compare students' practical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and willingness to perform bystander CPR, after a 30 min mobile application (app)-based versus a 50 min DVD-based training. Seventh grade students in two Swedish municipalities. A cluster randomised trial. The classes were randomised to receive app-based or DVD-based training. Willingness to act and practical CPR skills were assessed, directly after training and at 6 months, by using a questionnaire and a PC Skill Reporting System. Data on CPR skills were registered in a modified version of the Cardiff test, where scores were given in 12 different categories, adding up to a total score of 12-48 points. Training and measurements were performed from December 2013 to October 2014. 63 classes or 1232 seventh grade students (13-year-old) were included in the study. Primary end point was the total score of the modified Cardiff test. The individual variables of the test and self-reported willingness to make a life-saving intervention were secondary end points. The DVD-based group was superior to the app-based group in CPR skills; a total score of 36 (33-38) vs 33 (30-36) directly after training (p<0.001) and 33 (30-36) and 31 (28-34) at 6 months (p<0.001), respectively. At 6 months, the DVD group performed significantly better in 8 out of 12 CPR skill components. Both groups improved compression depth from baseline to follow-up. If a friend suffered cardiac arrest, 78% (DVD) versus 75% (app) would do compressions and ventilations, whereas only 31% (DVD) versus 32% (app) would perform standard CPR if the victim was a stranger. At 6 months follow-up, the 50 min DVD-based group showed superior CPR skills compared with the 30 min app-based group. The groups did not differ in regard to willingness to make a life-saving effort.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 164 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 31 19%
Researcher 16 10%
Student > Bachelor 14 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 7%
Student > Postgraduate 10 6%
Other 24 15%
Unknown 59 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 36 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 33 20%
Psychology 13 8%
Social Sciences 7 4%
Computer Science 5 3%
Other 10 6%
Unknown 61 37%
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