An interventional study of First aid training with blended learning approach and First aid training with face-to-face approach in Emergencies, Injuries and Illness Physical, sponsored by Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgium. Completed at 1 site in Rwanda. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-23.
Sponsored by Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgium · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The goal of this study is to assess the impact of a first aid training delivered through a blended learning approach on learning outcomes and helping behaviour in adult laypeople in Rwanda.
Participants will be randomly assigned to either:
All participants will be asked before, immediately after, and 6 months after the first aid trainings to complete
The helping behaviour of the participants will be surveyed before and 6 months after the first aid trainings have been completed.
Researchers will compare the effects in learning outcomes and helping behaviour after 6 months between:
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This study's enrollment of 540 is above the median of 70 across 1,424 interventional studies indexed under Wounds and Injuries.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants follow a first aid training delivered through a blended learning approach.
Other: First aid training with blended learning approach
Participants follow a first aid training delivered through a conventional face-to-face approach.
Other: First aid training with face-to-face approach
Participants do not receive any training
The content of the first aid blended learning training is standardised and based on the 2021 edition of the Basic First Aid in Africa manual from the Belgian Red Cross, covering first aid general principles and instructions for: * emergencies (i.e. choking, unconsciousness with and without normal breathing, chest discomfort and stroke, poisoning, and severe external bleeding); * injuries (i.e. skin wounds, burns, and injuries to muscles, joints, limbs, head, neck, and back); * illnesses (i.e. fainting, fever, fits, and diarrhoea). The training consists of 2 consecutive parts: 1. First aid theory is learned independently in a mobile application followed by an online test to ob-tain an admission ticket for the subsequent in-class training; 2. First aid skills are practiced during a 1-day in-class training facilitated by a certified first aid instructor of the Rwanda Red Cross. Participants get at least 10 days to learn in the mobile application and obtain the admission ticket.
Also known as: First Aid Blended Learning (FABL)
The content of the first aid face-to-face training is standardised and based on the 2021 edition of the Basic First Aid in Africa manual from the Belgian Red Cross, covering first aid general principles and instructions for: * emergencies (i.e. choking, unconsciousness with and without normal breathing, chest discomfort and stroke, poisoning, and severe external bleeding); * injuries (i.e. skin wounds, burns, and injuries to muscles, joints, limbs, head, neck, and back); * illnesses (i.e. fainting, fever, fits, and diarrhoea). The training consists of a 3-days in-class training with lectures and practical exercises on first aid the-ory and skills, facilitated by a certified first aid instructor of the Rwanda Red Cross.
Also known as: Basic First Aid in Africa (BFA)
First aid knowledge
20-item multiple choice questionnaire about first aid topics using a numerical scale. Possible scores range from 0 to 20, with higher scores meaning a better outcome.
Time frame: Before, immediately after, and 6 months after the first aid trainings
First aid skills
22-item observation checklist about first aid practical skills using a numerical scale. Possible scores range from 0 to 30, with higher scores meaning a better outcome.
Time frame: Before, immediately after, and 6 months after the first aid trainings
First aid self-efficacy
10-item scenario-based questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale assessing self-efficacy concerning first aid topics. Possible scores range from 0 to 40, with higher scores meaning a better outcome.
Time frame: Before, immediately after, and 6 months after the first aid trainings
First aid willingness to help
6-item scenario-based questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale assessing willingness to help concerning first aid topics. Possible scores range from 0 to 24, with higher scores meaning a better outcome.
Time frame: Before, immediately after, and 6 months after the first aid trainings
Helping behaviour in the past 6 months
Structured questionnaire to survey the helping behaviour and to gauge the potential barriers and facilitators.
Time frame: Before and 6 months after the first aid trainings
Costs
Costs associated with a first aid training, relatively to the gain in knowledge.
Time frame: Before, immediately after, and 6 months after the first aid trainings
Plan to share: Undecided
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Ran from Jul 2023 to primary completion in Mar 2024, 8 months.
Of 546 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Wounds and Injuries, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 49. This study's 8 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 599 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 48.
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