Effect of E-learning Training on National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) Assessment

Stuby Loric

Status: Begins enrollment in 1 month

Conditions: Modified Rankin Scale; Education; Distance Learning-Online Learning; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; Stroke Assessment; Clinical Competence

Treatments: Other: Educational intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07318376

NIHSS-6

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this web-based randomized clinical trial is to evaluate whether an e-learning training program improves the accuracy of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and modified Rankin Scale (mRS) assessments among practicing paramedics in French-speaking Switzerland who have not previously received formal training in these scales.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does e-learning training improve performance on a standardized NIHSS assessment quiz compared with no prior training?
• Does e-learning training improve the accuracy of mRS assessment using case-based clinical vignettes compared with no prior training?

Researchers will compare paramedics who complete the NIHSS and mRS e-learning modules before assessment (intervention group) with paramedics who complete the assessments without prior training (control group) to determine whether e-learning training leads to higher assessment performance scores.

Participants will:

• Provide electronic informed consent via a secure web-based platform
• Be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group
• Complete either the e-learning modules before assessment or the assessments before training, depending on group allocation
• Complete an online NIHSS quiz and mRS case-based vignettes
• Receive access to the NIHSS and mRS e-learning modules by the end of the study

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Holding a paramedic title (recognized in Switzerland)
• Currently actively practicing in Switzerland
• Fluent in French (all study material will be provided in French)

Exclusion criteria

• Previously completed formal training on either the NIHSS or the mRS.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group: Participants will first complete the NIHSS quiz and mRS case vignettes without prior training.

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will follow the e-learning modules (NIHSS and mRS).

Treatment:

Other: Educational intervention