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Bystander Helping Behaviour for Myocardial Infarction Following First Aid Training

NCT00954161 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 144

Last updated 2011-05-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to measure the effect of an innovative training programme on the help seeking behaviour and helping rates of bystanders in medical emergencies.

Conditions

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction

Interventions

OTHER

Helping behaviour curriculum

The objective of the helping behaviour curriculum is to sensitise participants to develop a helping reaction, and to teach participants how to deal with barriers to helping. The helping behaviour curriculum is being taught in 2hours.

OTHER

First aid only curriculum

Two hours training on first aid for alcohol and drug incidents

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Belgian Red Cross

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Ghent

    collaborator OTHER

  • Laerdal Medical

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bert Aertgeerts · Academic Centre for General Practice, Catholic University Leuven

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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