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. 2015 Sep 4;2015(9):CD009106. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009106.pub2

Summary of findings 3. Standardised formal neonatal resuscitation training (SFNRT) programme with team training compared with SFNRT for improving teamwork behaviour.

Standardised formal neonatal resuscitation training (SFNRT) programme with team training compared with SFNRT for improving teamwork behaviour
Patient or population: healthcare professionals involved in attending deliveries
Settings: mannequin based study in an educational setting
Intervention: SFNRT with team training
Comparison: SFNRT
Outcomes Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) Relative effect
 (95% CI) No of participants
 (studies) Quality of the evidence
 (GRADE) Comments
Assumed risk Corresponding risk
SFNRT SFNRT with team training
Teamwork behaviour ‐ any teamwork behaviour The mean team behaviour ranged across control groups from 1.1 to 9.01 behaviours/minute The mean team behaviour ranged across intervention groups from 3.42 to 11.56 behaviours/minute MD 2.41 (1.72 to 3.11) 130 participants
(2 studies)
⊕⊕⊝⊝
 low The quality of evidence was downgraded 2 levels because of serious imprecision (evidence was available from only 2 studies from a single institution) and serious risk of bias (unclear allocation concealment and high risk for attrition bias in 1 study)
NRP performance scores The mean NRP performance score in the control group was 71.5 The mean NRP performance score in the intervention group was 72.9 MD 1.40 (‐2.02 to 4.82) 98 participants
(1 study)
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 low The quality of evidence was downgraded 2 levels because of serious imprecision (evidence was available from only 2 studies from a single institution) and serious risk of bias (unclear allocation concealment and high risk for attrition bias in 1 study)
Resuscitation duration The mean resuscitation duration ranged across control groups from
609 to 634 seconds
The mean resuscitation duration ranged across intervention groups from 465 to 479 seconds MD ‐149.54 (‐214.73 to ‐84.34) 130 participants
(2 studies)
⊕⊕⊝⊝
 low The quality of evidence was downgraded 2 levels because of serious imprecision (evidence was available from only 2 studies from a single institution) and serious risk of bias (unclear allocation concealment and high risk for attrition bias in 1 study)
*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
 CI: confidence interval; MD: mean difference; NRP: Neonatal Resuscitation Program; SFNRT: standardised formal neonatal resuscitation training.
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
 High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
 Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
 Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
 Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.