NCT05731180

The Efficacy of Medical Students to Identify Pathological Lung Sound Over a Period of Time

Status unknown NA Last updated 27 February 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Identify pathological and not pathological lung sounds in Lung Sound in 140 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

30 January 2023

Primary endpoint
30 July 2023

15 August 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	140
Start date	30 January 2023
Primary completion	30 July 2023
Estimated completion	15 August 2023
Sites	1 location across Lithuania

Drugs / interventions tested

• Identify pathological and not pathological lung sounds

Conditions studied

• Lung Sound — all drugs for Lung Sound →

Sponsor

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Who can join

Adults 18 to 40, any sex, with Lung Sound. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Title: The efficacy of medical students to correctly recognise pathological from non-pathological lung sounds over a period of time.

Methodology: Randomised, controlled trial, blind study.

Study Duration: The estimated duration for the main protocol (e.g., from the start of screening to the last subject processed and finishing the study) is approximately 6 months.

Study Centre: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU).

Objectives: Primary Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of second-year \& third-year students in correctly identifying pathological and not pathological lung sounds. Secondary Objectives: To evaluate the loss of the ability of the student to correctly identify pathological lung sounds over a period of time.

Number of Subjects: 140 randomised students in two groups; the first group is the control group (CNT), and a second group (EXP) will be exposed to pathological and none pathological lung sounds.

Diagnosis and Main Inclusion Criteria: Inclusion Criteria · Male and female second and third-year LSMU students, 18-40 years old, in any distribution. · Consent and compliance with all aspects of the study protocol, and methods, providing data during follow-up contact · See the methods section for the full list of inclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria · Deafness · Age over 40 · Conditions that prevent the student from using earphones · See the methods section for a full list of exclusion criteria.

Regimen: CNT group will not receive training. Whilst group will receive 3-day training for 21 patient cases (57% with pathological lung sounds).

Statistical Methodology: Results will be analysed with the SPSS (version 27). A p-value \< 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. The groups (CNT vs EXP) will be compared with the independent Student's t-test to see if there is a significant difference between the mean of the two groups. Though, if the data does not adhere to the parametric test's criteria a Mann-Whitney test will be applied. Whilst for the measurement made over 6 months of students' sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy (at intervals of 4, 10, 34, 184 -days) a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical test will be applied for normally distributed data. Whilst, if data is not normally distributed a none parametric test will be applied such as Kruskal - Wallis method. McNemar's test will be applied to compare the performances of the same EXP students between their second- and third-year peers.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.