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

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorStuby Loric

About this trial

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

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Holding a paramedic title (recognized in Switzerland)

Currently actively practicing in Switzerland

Fluent in French (all study material will be provided in French)

Disqualifiers

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

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Educational intervention

    Other intervention

    Educational intervention by the mean of an e-learning modules (NIHSS and mRS).

Treatment groups

120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Control groupNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Intervention groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Performance on a NIHSS 50-item quiz

The primary outcome will be the performance on a NIHSS 50-item quiz consisting in 3 full assessments of a patient (3x15 items) plus 5 general questions (each question scores 1 point if correct, maximum total of 50 points).

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the study path in a timeframe of maximum 4 weeks.

Secondary outcomes

1

Performance of mRS assessment

The secondary outcome will be the performance of mRS assessment of about 10 newly developed case-based vignettes (each question scores 1 point if correct, maximum total of 10 points).

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of the study path in a timeframe of maximum 4 weeks.

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Stuby Loric

Lead sponsor

Geneve TEAM Ambulances

Sponsor institution

University Hospital, Geneva

Collaborator

Geneve TEAM Ambulances

Collaborator

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