Table 1.
Student characteristics.
| Author, Year | Number of Children Analyzed | Mean Age of Children |
Mean Height of Children (cm) |
Mean Weight of Children (kg) |
Male Sex N (%) |
Number of Children with any Prior CPR Training N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelairas-Gomez 2014 | 721 | 12.5 | 156.3 ± 7.9 | 51.5 ± 10.9 | 361 (50.1) | NR |
| Abelairas-Gomez 2021 | 472 | 10.0 ± 2.0 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Abelsson 2020 | 50 | 17.0 ± 1.0 | NR | NR | 20 (40.0) | NR |
| Akiteru 2022 | 88 | 9.1 ± 1.7 | 134.9 ± 12.2 | 34.8 ± 10.4 | 41 (46.6) | NR |
| Aloush 2018 | 121 | NR | NR | NR | 40 (33.3) | 18 (14.9) |
| Andresen 2012 | 195 | 13.8 | NR | NR | 100 (51.3) | 0 (0) |
| Barsom 2020 | 40 | 16.0 | NR | NR | 20 (50.0) | NR |
| Banfai 2018 | 118 | 5.9 ± 0.5 | 121.3 ± 1.0 | 21.1 ± 0.5 | 47 (39.8) | 0 (0) |
| Banfai 2017 | 582 | 10.2 ± 2.0 | 146.9 ± 13.1 | 38.7 ± 9.9 | 265 (45.5) | 75 (12.9) |
| Banfai 2019 | 524 | 9.7 ± 1.9 | NR | NR | 236 (45.0) | 524 (100) |
| Beard 2015 | 87 | 11.1 ± 2.6 | 151.0 ± 16.7 | 44.4 ± 12.2 | 45 (51.7) | 0 (0) |
| Beck 2015 | 937 | 13.9 ± 1.1 | 168.1 ± 9.6 | 55.4 ± 11.6 | 439 (46.9) | 111 (12.6) |
| Berthelot 2013 | 82 | 10.6 ± 0.5 | NR | NR | 47 (57.3) | 6 (7.4) |
| Beskind 2016 | 159 | 14.9 ± 0.9 | NR | NR | 146 (81.5) | 33 (18.4) |
| Bohn 2012 | 280 | NR | NR | NR | 223 (51.5) | 0 (0) |
| Borovnik Lesjak 2022 | 611 | 13 ± 1 | NR | NR | 53 (45.7) | NR |
| Brown 2018 | 795 | 15.0 | NR | 62.9 | 386 (48.5) | 795 (100.0) |
| Chamdawala 2021 | 220 | 16.0 ± 0.5 | 170.5 ± 9.5 | 63 ± 13.5 | 123 (55.9) | 47 (21.4) |
| Chang 2022 | 385 | 10.5 ± 0.5 | NR | NR | 180 (46.8) | 96 (25) |
| Chan 2017 | 112 | 10.3 | 142 | 37.4 | 81 (72.3) | NR |
| Cons-Ferreiro 2022 | 160 | 10.7 ± 0.6 | 150.6 ± 11.7 | 46.2 ± 12.2 | 170 (55.2) | 78 (23.5) |
| Contri 2016 | 36 | 17.3 ± 1.5 | NR | NR | 17 (47.2) | NR |
| Cuijpers 2016 | 144 | 14.4 ± 0.6 | NR | NR | 82 (56.9) | NR |
| Damvall 2022 | 982 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Desailly 2017 | 97 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Doucet 2019 | 165 | NR | NR | NR | 81 (43.8) | 113 (71.9) |
| Dumcke 2021 | 365 | 13.7 ± 0.8 | NR | NR | 193 (52.9) | 77 (21.1) |
| Fleischhackl 2009 | 162 | 13.8 ± 2.6 | 160.0 ± 16.3 | 61.8 ± 27.9 | NR | 0 (0) |
| Gabriel 2019 | 210 | 17.0 ± 1.5 | NR | NR | 126 (60.0) | 0 (0) |
| Greer 2010 | 122 | 13.5 | NR | NR | 47 (38.5) | NR |
| Han 2021 | 62 | 17.0 ± 0.6 | NR | NR | 13 (20.9) | 50 (80.6) |
| He 2018 | 360 | 11.6 ± 0.5 | 153.1 ± 6.7 | 44.6 ± 8.2 | 180 (50.0) | 0 (0) |
| Hill 2009 | 85 | 11.1 | 148.5 | 40.8 | 37 (43.5) | 85 (100.0) |
| Hori 2016 | 6352 | 14.3 ± 1.7 | NR | NR | 4966 (78.2) | 1423 (22.4) |
| Isbye 2007 | 72 | 13.0 | NR | NR | 45 (62.5) | 0 (0) |
| Iserbyt 2013 | 111 | 13.0 ± 0.8 | NR | NR | NR | 0 (0) |
| Iserbyt 2014 | 128 | 16.9 ± 0.7 | NR | NR | 25 (18.1) | NR |
| Iserbyt 2021 | 235 | 13.0 ± 1.0 | NR | NR | 72 (30.6) | 0 (0) |
| Jones 2007 | 157 | 11.6 ± 0.3 | 149.2 ± 8.5 | 43.2 ± 11.8 | 74 (47.1) | NR |
| Kalluri 2018 | 267 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 47(17.6) |
| Kaweenuttayanon 2017 | 275 | 15.4 ± 1.6 | 163.0 ± 8.0 | 58.0 ± 13.6 | 118 (42.9) | 16 (58.2) |
| Kelley 2006 | 33 | 13.6 | NR | NR | 17 (51.5) | 8 (24.2) |
| Kesici 2021 | 130 | 14.0 | NR | NR | NR | 23 (14.7) |
| Kherbeche 2017 | 52 | 13.2 | 160 | 54.7 | 28 (53.8) | 0 (0) |
| KimSe 2011 | 439 | NR | NR | NR | 271 (59.2) | NR |
| Kłosiewicz 2021 | 402 | 9.5 ± 2.5 | 142.0 ± 11.7 | 39.8 ± 16.4 | 202 (50.2) | 0 (0) |
| Lanzas 2022 | 318 | 16.4 ± 0.5 | NR | NR | 140 (44.0) | 246 (77.4) |
| Lester 1997 | 233 | 11.5 | NR | NR | 128 (54.9) | 81 (34.8) |
| Li 2018 | 489 | 12.6 ± 1.1 | NR | NR | 547 (50.1) | 170 (15.6) |
| Lorem 2008 | 102 | 11.9 ± 0.04 | NR | NR | 39 (38.2) | 63 (61.8) |
| Lorem 2010 | 145 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 51 (35.2) |
| Martinez-Isasi 2021 | 62 | 11.9 ± 0.5 | 149.6 ± 7.0 | 45.0 ± 10.9 | 27 (43.5) | NR |
| Martinez-Isasi 2022 | 567 | 10.0 ± 2.0 | NR | NR | 295 (52.0) | NR |
| Martins 2022 | 102 | 11.72 ± 0.75 | 151.62 ± 3.59 | 53.27 ± 4.67 | 48 (47.1) | NR |
| Mathew 2020 | 617 | 13.4 ± 0.3 | 150.8 ± 3.8 | 39.5 ± 2.8 | 351 (56.9) | 50 (8.1) |
| Meissner 2012 | 98 | 14.6 ± 1.4 | 170.8 ± 7.0 | 58.1 ± 0.1 | 57 (43.2) | 44 (33.3) |
| Metelmann 2021 | 200 | 14.6 | NR | NR | 95 (48.2) | 121 (60.5) |
| Mpotos 2017 | 265 | 15 ± 1.6 | 169.3 ± 2.0 | 56.1 ± 1.5 | 156 (58.4) | 11 (4.2) |
| Napp 2020 | 808 | 14.9 ± 0.9 | 167.3 ± 9.3 | 55.9 ± 10.5 | 375 (46.1) | 277 (36.5) |
| Naqvi 2011 | 30 | 13.4 ± 1.7 | 144.2 ± 8.1 | 50.0 ± 11.8 | 11 (36.6) | NR |
| Nord 2016 | 1061 | 13.0 | NR | NR | 579 (47.0) | 363 (29.5) |
| Nord 2017 #1 | 432 | 13.0 | NR | NR | 213 (49.3) | 124 (28.7) |
| Nord 2017 #2 | 587 | 13.0 | NR | NR | 283 (48.2) | 152 (25.9) |
| Oliveira 2022 | 104 | 13.9 | 156.2 ± 0.1 | 55.7 ± 13.8 | 38 (36.5) | 0 (0) |
| Onan 2019 | 77 | 17.5 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Otero-Agra 2019 #1 | 196 | 11.1 ± 1.5 | 148.9 ± 10.0 | 44.2 ± 10.5 | 71 (36) | 0 (0) |
| Otero-Agra 2019 #2 | 489 | 13.5 ± 1.2 | 163.0 ± 8.9 | 56.8 ± 12.4 | 246 (50.3) | 0 (0) |
| Oulego-Erroz 2011 | 59 | 13.5 | NR | NR | NR | 0 (0) |
| Paglino 2017 | 203 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Paglino 2019 | 622 | 16.8 ± 1.4 | 169.9 ± 9.4 | 61.6 ± 11.9 | 277 (44.5) | NR |
| Ramesh 2022 | 414 | 14.2 ± 0.5 | 158.5 ± 8.5 | 48.9 ± 10.9 | 227 (54.8) | NR |
| Reder 2006 | 779 | NR | NR | NR | 424 (54.4) | 534 (68.6) |
| Sabihah 2020 | 36 | 16.0 | NR | NR | NR | 1 (2.8) |
| Santomauro 2018 | 320 | 16.4 ± 2.0 | 164.3 ± 8.1 | 65.2 ± 10.0 | 154 (48.1) | 8 (2.5) |
| Schmitz 2015 | 201 | 15.1 ± 1.6 | NR | NR | 94 (46.8) | 201 (100) |
| Schuffelen 2015 | 108 | 15.9 ± 0.8 | NR | NR | 55 (50.9) | NR |
| Semeraro 2017 | 50 | 16.0 ± 1.0 | NR | NR | 49 (75.0) | 0 (0) |
| So 2020 | 128 | 13.5 ± 0.5 | NR | NR | 35 (27.3) | 0 (0) |
| Suss-Havemann 2020 | 600 | 12.0 ± 1.0 | 160.5 ± 8.2 | 47.0 ± 8.7 | 286 (47.7) | 42 (7.0) |
| Suwanpairoj 2020 | 313 | 10.1 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Tanaka 2020 | 54 | 17.6 ± 0.6 | 167.2 ± 7.9 | 59.7 ± 9.1 | 40 (74.1) | 28 (51.9) |
| Uhm 2010 | 71 | 11.6 ± 0.6 | 151.6 ± 6.5 | 44.5 ± 9.3 | 45 (63.4) | NR |
| Uzendu 2021 | 77 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 38 (49.4) |
| Vanderschmidt 1975 | 400 | 15.0 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Vanderschmidt 1976 | 216 | 15.0 | NR | NR | NR | 216 (100.0) |
| VanRaemdonck 2014 | 165 | 15.5 | NR | NR | 165 (100.0) | 0 (0) |
| Vetter 2016 | 412 | 15.9 ± 1.3 | NR | NR | 150 (36.4) | NR |
| Wang 2021 | 198 | 11.8 ± 0.5 | 152.8 ± 7.3 | 41.9 ± 8.7 | 97 (49.0) | 64 (32.3) |
| Watanabe 2017 | 41 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 1 (2) |
| Weidenauer 2018 | 322 | 10.0 | 145.7 | 40.8 | 141 (43.8) | 147 (45.6) |
| Wingen 2018 | 424 | 15.0 ± 0.6 | NR | NR | 207 (48.8) | 177 (41.7) |
| Yeow 2021 | 118 | 16.0 | NR | NR | 68 (57.6) | 1 (0.8) |
| Yeung 2017 | 81 | 12.5 | NR | NR | 36 (44.4) | NR |
| Younas 2006 | 59 | 14.5 | NR | NR | NR | 34 (57.6) |
| Zalewski 2016 | 235 | NR | NR | NR | 87 (37.0) | NR |
| Zeleke 2019 | 160 | 12.0 | NR | NR | NR | 160 (100.0) |