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In-hospital Healthcare Professionals' Attitudes and Their Experience in Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

NCT04321213 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 3639

Last updated 2020-03-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Attitudes among healthcare professionals can possibly affect the treatment given in cardiac arrest situations. The attitudes of healthcare professionals towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been poorly studied. The few existing previous international results shows attitudes reported by nurses as hesitation, fear of defibrillation, anxiety and fear of harming the patient.

The aim of this study was to describe the attitudes towards performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation among in-hospital healthcare professionals, furthermore to assess if experience in performing CPR has an effect on attitudes.

Conditions

  • In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Region Västmanland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dalarna University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Center for Clinical Research Dalarna, Sweden

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dalarna County Council, Sweden

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anneli Strömsöe, PhD · Dalarna County Council

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-01
Primary Completion
2016-12-30
Completion
2016-12-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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