Critical Care EEG Course
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03545776 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 4, 2018
Last Update Posted : June 23, 2020
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Knowledge of the basic fundamental skills of electroencephalography would enable medical and nursing staffs to provide efficient and effective bedside EEG monitoring in critically ill patients.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of a 10-points EEG teaching program to allow bedside caregivers (medical and nursing intensive care unit staff) interpreting EEG in the critical care setting.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Electroencephalogram Intensive Care Units Teaching Intervention | Other: Critical Care EEG Course |
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 100 participants |
Observational Model: | Other |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Teaching the Basics of Electroencephalography to Critical Care Teams |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 22, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 31, 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 1, 2019 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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Educational program
Medical and nursing staff will be given a 10-points EEG face-to-face initial training course that will be preceded by a pre-test evaluation and followed by delayed post-test evaluations. Training will be followed by an online teaching consisting on additional questions and answers quizzes based on the 10 educational goals already described elsewhere. In order to avoid any risk of intrasite contamination, all the learners benefiting from the training in the same department will be trained in a uniform time, with respect to the training schedule regarding post-test evaluations (day-1, day-15 and day-30). A final evaluation will be performed at day-90 after beginning of the training course. |
Other: Critical Care EEG Course
Medical and nursing staff will be given a 10-points EEG face-to-face initial training course followed by an online teaching and educational quizzes at day-1, day-15 and day-30 after initial training. A final evaluation will be performed at day-90 after beginning of the training course. 10-points EEG educational objectives : physiological rhythms, reactivity, symmetry, effects of sedation, burst suppression, paroxysmal activities, periodic / pseudoperiodic activities, rhythmic activities, artifacts, null EEG |
- Overall EEG interpretation [ Time Frame: at Day 90 ]Percentage of learners with a correct answer rate.Training will be considered as efficient if more than 75% of learners are associated with a correct answer rate above 80% to EEG interpretation test at day 90 after initial training.
- Before/After Comparison [ Time Frame: from Day 1 to Day 90 after face-to-face training ]Comparison of correct answer rate between pre-test and post-tests evaluations at day 1, day 15, day 30 and day 90 after face-to-face training Analyzes will be carried out according to each of the 10-points educational goals, according to the medical or nursing staff category, according to the student's degree and according to the center and to usual way of using EEG (continuous, sequential, external provider)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Volunteers among medical and nursing ICU staff of the participating ICUs
Exclusion Criteria:
- Experienced or trained ICU staff members to EEG interpretation (pre-test score > 5/10)

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03545776
France | |
Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Ambroise Pare Hospital | |
Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 92100 | |
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beaujon Hospital | |
Clichy, France | |
Intensive Care Unit - Versailles Hospital | |
Le Chesnay, France, 78150 | |
Medical Intensive Care Unit - Cochin Teaching Hospital | |
Paris, France, 75000 | |
Medico-Surgical Intensive Care Unit - Saint Joseph Hospital | |
Paris, France, 75014 | |
Intensive Care Unit - Foch Hospital | |
Suresnes, France, 92150 |
Responsible Party: | Ictal Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03545776 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Critical Care EEG Course |
First Posted: | June 4, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 23, 2020 |
Last Verified: | June 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |