Trial reportPloS one2018
The effectiveness of an on-line training program for improving knowledge of fire prevention and evacuation of healthcare workers: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02438150 (The Effectiveness of an On-line Training Program on Hospital Medical Staff to Improve Fire Knowledge), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effectiveness of an On-line Training Program on Hospital Medical Staff to Improve Fire Knowledge
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Causes and preventive measures for fire-related injuries in intensive care units: a systematic review.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Components of hospital personnel preparedness to evacuate patients in disasters: a systematic review.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
- [Interdisciplinary training concept for evacuation of intensive care patients in fire events : Development, implementation and first experiences from a simulation exercise].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2026Article
- Timely patient data-driven resource planning to optimize in-hospital emergent evacuation.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2025Article
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- Factors Influencing Hospital Emergency Evacuation during Fire: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of preventive medicine · 2021Review
- Housestaff perceptions on training and discussing the Maryland Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment Form (MOLST).PloS one · 2020Article
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7 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundHospitals are vulnerable to fires and the evacuation process is challenging. However, face-to-face fire prevention and evacuation training may take healthcare workers' time away from patient care; therefore, effective on-line training may be warranted. We carried out and examined the effectiveness of an on-line education and training of fire prevention and evacuation training for healthcare workers in China by a randomized controlled trial using convenience sampling from five public hospitals in China.
methodsA total of 128 participants were recruited between December 2014 and March 2015. The authors built a webpage that included the informed consent statement, pre-test questionnaire, video training, and post-test questionnaire. After completing the pre-test questionnaire, participants were randomly assigned to watch the intervention video (basic response to a hospital fire) or the control video (introduction to volcanic disasters). A 45-item questionnaire on knowledge of fire prevention and evacuation was administered before and after the video watching. This questionnaire were further divided into two subscales (25-item generic knowledge of fire response and 20-item hospital-specific knowledge of fire prevention and evacuation). One point was awarded for each correct answer.
resultsHalf of the participants (n = 64, 50%) were randomized into the intervention group and the remaining 64 (50%) were randomized into the control group. For generic knowledge of fire prevention and evacuation, those in the intervention group improved significantly (from 16.16 to 20.44, P < 0.001) while the scores of those in the control group decreased significantly (from 15.27 to 13.70, P = 0.03). For hospital-specific knowledge of fire prevention and evacuation, those in the intervention group (from 10.75 to 11.33, P = 0.15) and the control group (from 10.38 to 10.16, P = 0.54) had insignificant change. For total score, those in the intervention group improved significantly (from 26.91 to 31.77, P < 0.001) while those in the control group decreased insignificantly (from 25.64 to 23.86, P = 0.07). After the intervention, the difference between the scores of the intervention group and the control group on all three knowledge areas of fire prevention and evacuation (generic, hospital-specific, and total) were significant (all Ps < 0.05).
conclusionsAn on-line fire training program delivered via educational video can effectively improve healthcare workers' knowledge of fire prevention and evacuation.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT02438150.
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