Bystander Helping Behaviour for Myocardial Infarction Following First Aid Training

Catholic University (KU) of Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Myocardial Infarction

Treatments: Other: First aid only curriculum; Other: Helping behaviour curriculum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00954161

S51742, ML5859, B32220096701 (Other Identifier)

S51742

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

A systematic review on the effects of first aid training concluded that training must also include ways to overcome obstacles to bystander intervention. This could lead to better help and higher helping rates in medical emergencies.

The objective of this paper is to measure the effect of an innovative training programme on the help seeking behaviour and helping rates of bystanders in medical emergencies. We chose to test the helping behaviour for acute myocardial infarction because it is an important cause of mortality and invalidity. While the victim is urgently in need of help, delay in seeking professional help is an important problem.

Enrollment: 144 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Course participants that are 18 years or older

Exclusion criteria

• Course participants that are younger than 18 years
• Health care students
• Health care professionals

Trial design

144 participants in 2 patient groups

first aid and helping behaviour

Experimental group

Description:

The helping behaviour training is given after 24 hours first aid training and aims to sensitise participants towards a helping reaction and teach participants how to deal with barriers to helping

Treatment:

Other: Helping behaviour curriculum

first aid only

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group receives training in first aid only without training in helping behaviour.

Treatment:

Other: First aid only curriculum