Comparison of Different Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Training Methods
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00932906 |
Recruitment Status
: Unknown
Verified July 2009 by Doczero.
Recruitment status was: Enrolling by invitation
First Posted
: July 7, 2009
Last Update Posted
: July 7, 2009
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This study is a prospective, randomized trial that compares the effectiveness and retention of four different training methods for the use of an AED:
A. Traditional instructor based learning;
B. The use of a personal manikin with a DVD training to practice the necessary AED skills;
C. The use of a personal manikin with a DVD training to practice the necessary AED skills and additional scenario training;
D. Watching a 2.5 minutes DVD which shows the use of an AED.
It is hypnotised that there are no differences between these training methods, in which case method D is most efficient to reach large number of people to learn BLS/AED skills.
There are two interesting target groups to reach:
- Younger people, as they might give the highest interest after training, as they normally live longer.
- Older people as they are member of the most important group in risk and have therefore a higher change of being a witness of cardiac arrest.
As there might be differences in the results between different training methods than can be related to age, each training group is distinguished to three different groups:
- 21 years of younger;
- between 21 and 50 years;
- older than 50 years.
It is hypnotised that there are no differences between younger and older students within each of the four training methods.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Improvement of BLS/AED Training Programmes | Other: Different self-training methods Other: Standard training | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 396 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Official Title: | Comparison of Four Different AED Training Methods in Three Different Age Groups |
Study Start Date : | July 2008 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 2009 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2009 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Instructor based training; <21 years
The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program [ref; navragen bij Koen] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.
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Other: Standard training
Instructor-based training meeting ERC directions
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Placebo Comparator: Instructor based training; 21-50 years
The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program [ref; navragen bij Koen] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.
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Other: Standard training
Instructor-based training meeting ERC directions
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Placebo Comparator: Instructor based training; >50 years
The instructor based training is a 1.25 hour training as described by the ERC in their standard training program [ref; navragen bij Koen] and using the ERC PowerPoint presentation. There is one manikin and one AED trainer per six students. The group consists out of 12 students maximal, with one instructor per six students.
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Other: Standard training
Instructor-based training meeting ERC directions
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Experimental: Video Skill Training; <21 years
Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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Experimental: Video Skill Training; 21-50 years
Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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Experimental: Video Skill Training; >50 years
Participants practise AED skills, watching a 4.5-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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Experimental: Video scenario training; <21 years
Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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Experimental: Video scenario training; 21-50 years
Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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Experimental: Video scenario training; >50 years
Participants practises AED skills, watching a 9-min video in a single uninterrupted session. There is no instructor available. The video demonstrates the use of an AED; when to use it, how to turn it on, how to attach the electrodes, keeping distance and delivering a shock, and additional two scenarios, in each of which they practice the BLS/AED procedure.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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Experimental: Video demonstration training; <21 years
Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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Experimental: Video demonstration training; 21-50 years
Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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Experimental: Video demonstration training; >50 years
Participants watch a 2.5 minutes video demonstration of the use of an AED, in a single uninterrupted session, without hands-on practice.
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Other: Different self-training methods
Self training with MiniAnne Training Kit
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- Kruskal-Wallis test [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 15 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- willing to follow a BLS/AED course up to 2h
Exclusion Criteria:
- CPR training within the last five years
- professional health care provider

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00932906
Principal Investigator: | Wiebe de Vries, MSc | Doczero | |
Study Director: | Koenraad Monsieurs, Professor | University Hospital, Ghent | |
Study Chair: | Joost Bierens, Professor | VU Medical Centre | |
Study Chair: | Rudolph Koster, PhD MD | Academical Medical Centre Amsterdam | |
Study Chair: | Nigel M Turner, PhD MD | Medicine, Wilhelmina Children Hospital - University Medical Centre Utrecht |
Responsible Party: | Wiebe de Vries, Doczero |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00932906 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Ed-2008-06 |
First Posted: | July 7, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 7, 2009 |
Last Verified: | July 2009 |
Keywords provided by Doczero:
Education Retention Retrieval Self training |