Trial reportBMC emergency medicine2013
Impact of a stress coping strategy on perceived stress levels and performance during a simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC emergency medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01645566 (Impact of a Task Focusing Strategy on Perceived Stress Levels and Performance During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers.
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Impact of a Task Focusing Strategy on Perceived Stress Levels and Performance During a Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed.
- Impact of a Mobile App on Paramedics' Perceived and Physiologic Stress Response During Simulated Prehospital Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Study Nested Within a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Effect of an audience on trainee stress and performance during simulated neonatal intubation: a randomized crossover trial.BMC medical education · 2018Trial
- Maximal tachycardia and high cardiac strain during night shifts of emergency physicians.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Trial
- Heart rate variability and physician performance during airway management simulations: an exploratory pilot study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Effect of basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation training on the knowledge and attitudes of professional football players and coaches.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- The state of emergency department extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Where are we now, and where are we going?Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Review
- The Real Experience of Lay Responders Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence.Public health reviews · 2024Review
- Is dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation affected by a bystander's emotional stress state in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2023Observational
- A scoping review of emotions and related constructs in simulation-based education research articles.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2023Article
- Self-Assessed Capabilities, Attitudes, and Stress among Pediatric Nurses in Relation to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Observational
- Exploring the Feelings of Nurses during Resuscitation-A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Effect of Teaching Nontechnical Skills in Advanced Life Support: A Systematic Review.AEM education and training · 2021Article
- NEOGAMES: A Serious Computer Game That Improves Long-Term Knowledge Retention of Neonatal Resuscitation in Undergraduate Medical Students.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Reply to: Coronavirus disease 2019 and ethical considerations for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Resuscitation · 2020Article
- Serious games, a game changer in teaching neonatal resuscitation? A review.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2020Review
- Association of self-esteem, personality, stress and gender with performance of a resuscitation team: A simulation-based study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Rapid response systems.Resuscitation · 2018Review
- The Effects of Coping Interventions on Ability to Perform Under Pressure.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2018Review
- Observational
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Abstract
backgroundCardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) causes significant stress for the rescuers which may cause deficiencies in attention and increase distractibility. This may lead to misjudgements of priorities and delays in CPR performance, which may further increase mental stress (vicious cycle). This study assessed the impact of a task-focusing strategy on perceived stress levels and performance during a simulated CPR scenario.
methodsThis prospective, randomized-controlled trial was conducted at the simulator-center of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. A total of 124 volunteer medical students were randomized to receive a 10 minute instruction to cope with stress by loudly posing two task-focusing questions ("what is the patient's condition?", "what immediate action is needed?") when feeling overwhelmed by stress (intervention group) or a control group. The primary outcome was the perceived levels of stress and feeling overwhelmed (stress/overload); secondary outcomes were hands-on time, time to start CPR and number of leadership statements.
resultsParticipants in the intervention group reported significantly less stress/overload levels compared to the control group (mean difference: -0.6 (95% CI -1.3, -0.1), p=0.04). Higher stress/overload was associated with less hands-on time. Leadership statements did not differ between groups, but the number of leadership statements did relate to performance. Hands-on time was longer in the intervention- group, but the difference was not statistically significant (difference 5.5 (95% CI -3.1, 14.2), p=0.2); there were no differences in time to start CPR (difference -1.4 (95% CI -8.4, 5.7), p=0.71).
conclusionsA brief stress-coping strategy moderately decreased perceived stress without significantly affecting performance in a simulated CPR. Further studies should investigate more intense interventions for reducing stress.
trial registrationNCT01645566.
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