Trial reportBMJ open2016
Effect of mobile application-based versus DVD-based CPR training on students' practical CPR skills and willingness to act: a cluster randomised study.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Skill retention after school-based CPR training - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The psychological and behavioural factors associated with laypeople initiating CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Pooled it
- How to evaluate first aid skills after training: a systematic review.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Assessment of Community Interventions for Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- [Impact of training schoolchildren how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation using stories and animated cartoons].Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2023Trial
- The effect of a national web course "Help-Brain-Heart" as a supplemental learning tool before CPR training: a cluster randomised trial.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2017Trial
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- How best to train kids in basic life support: a literature review.BMC medical education · 2025Review
- A randomized controlled trial of a digital lifestyle intervention involving postoperative patients with colorectal cancer.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Methods to teach schoolchildren how to perform and retain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Resuscitation plus · 2023Review
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- Factors Affecting Medical Students' Continuance Intention to Use Mobile Health Applications.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Article
- Evaluating Quality, Usability, Evidence-Based Content, and Gamification Features in Mobile Learning Apps Designed to Teach Children Basic Life Support: Systematic Search in App Stores and Content Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Supplementary dataset to self-learning training compared with instructor-led training in basic life support.Data in brief · 2019Article
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- Mobile Learning in Medical Education.Journal of medical systems · 2018Review
- Effectiveness of Mobile Health Application Use to Improve Health Behavior Changes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Healthcare informatics research · 2018Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim was to compare students' practical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills and willingness to perform bystander CPR, after a 30 min mobile application (app)-based versus a 50 min DVD-based training. SETTINGS: Seventh grade students in two Swedish municipalities.
designA cluster randomised trial. The classes were randomised to receive app-based or DVD-based training. Willingness to act and practical CPR skills were assessed, directly after training and at 6 months, by using a questionnaire and a PC Skill Reporting System. Data on CPR skills were registered in a modified version of the Cardiff test, where scores were given in 12 different categories, adding up to a total score of 12-48 points. Training and measurements were performed from December 2013 to October 2014.
participants63 classes or 1232 seventh grade students (13-year-old) were included in the study. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary end point was the total score of the modified Cardiff test. The individual variables of the test and self-reported willingness to make a life-saving intervention were secondary end points.
resultsThe DVD-based group was superior to the app-based group in CPR skills; a total score of 36 (33-38) vs 33 (30-36) directly after training (p<0.001) and 33 (30-36) and 31 (28-34) at 6 months (p<0.001), respectively. At 6 months, the DVD group performed significantly better in 8 out of 12 CPR skill components. Both groups improved compression depth from baseline to follow-up. If a friend suffered cardiac arrest, 78% (DVD) versus 75% (app) would do compressions and ventilations, whereas only 31% (DVD) versus 32% (app) would perform standard CPR if the victim was a stranger.
conclusionsAt 6 months follow-up, the 50 min DVD-based group showed superior CPR skills compared with the 30 min app-based group. The groups did not differ in regard to willingness to make a life-saving effort.
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