Table 4.
Patient and Spouse/Companion Attitudes about CPR/AED
| EMS Call/CPR | AED + EMS Call/CPR | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | |||
| CPR/AED Attitude: How reassured are you knowing that you will be treated with CPR/AED if needed? | |||
| Baseline | <0.0001 | ||
| N | 449 | 462 | |
| Not at all | 8% (37) | 6% (29) | |
| A little bit | 9% (42) | 7% (32) | |
| Moderately | 21% (94) | 11% (50) | |
| Quite a bit | 33% (149) | 38% (177) | |
| Extremely | 28% (127) | 38% (174) | |
| Year 1 | 0.0014 | ||
| N | 352 | 392 | |
| Not at all | 7% (24) | 7% (27) | |
| A little bit | 11% (37) | 6% (25) | |
| Moderately | 21% (75) | 15% (59) | |
| Quite a bit | 37% (130) | 35% (136) | |
| Extremely | 24% (86) | 37% (145) | |
| Year 2 | <0.0001 | ||
| N | 348 | 380 | |
| Not at all | 7% (26) | 8% (31) | |
| A little bit | 11% (40) | 6% (24) | |
| Moderately | 26% (89) | 13% (51) | |
| Quite a bit | 29% (101) | 35% (133) | |
| Extremely | 26% (92) | 37% (141) | |
| Spouse/Companion | |||
| CPR/AED: | |||
| What are your feelings about learning [CPR/AED]? | |||
| Baseline | |||
| N | 456 | 468 | 0.40* |
| Very positive | 91.2% (416) | 93.4% (437) | |
| Ambivalent | 8.6% (39) | 6.2% (29) | |
| Negative/Very negative (combined due to small cell sizes) | 0.2% (1) | 0.4% (2) | |
| Year 1 | |||
| N | 345 | 383 | 0.0015* |
| Very positive | 80.6% (278) | 88.3% (338) | |
| Ambivalent | 18.8% (65) | 10.2% (39) | |
| Negative/Very negative (combined due to small cell sizes) | 0.6% (2) | 1.6% (6) | |
| Year 2 | |||
| N | 328 | 363 | 0.0073* |
| Very positive | 80.5% (264) | 88.7% (322) | |
| Ambivalent | 18.0% (59) | 10.7% (39) | |
| Negative/Very negative (combined due to small cell sizes) | 1.5% (5) | 0.6% (2) | |
| CPR/AED: | |||
| What is your sense of the responsibility placed on you by learning [CPR/AED]? | |||
| Baseline | |||
| N | 455 | 468 | 0.16 |
| Too much | 3.3% (15) | 2.8% (13) | |
| Right amount | 86.8% (395) | 90.0% (421) | |
| Very little | 4.8% (22) | 4.9% (23) | |
| None | 5.1% (23) | 2.4% (11) | |
| Year 1 | |||
| N | 344 | 379 | 0.58 |
| Too much | 5.2% (18) | 3.4% (13) | |
| Right amount | 86.1% (296) | 87.1% (330) | |
| Very little | 5.8% (20) | 5.5% (22) | |
| None | 2.9% (10) | 4.0% (15) | |
| Year 2 | |||
| N | 332 | 365 | 0.57 |
| Too much | 4.5% (15) | 4.4% (16) | |
| Right amount | 84.0% (279) | 87.1% (318) | |
| Very little | 8.4% (28) | 5.8% (21) | |
| None | 3.0% (10) | 2.7% (10) | |
| How nervous are you about the possibility of using [CPR/AED] if needed? | |||
| Baseline | |||
| N | 458 | 471 | 0.32 |
| Not at all | 23.4% (107) | 23.8% (112) | |
| A little bit | 47.4% (217) | 52.4% (247) | |
| Moderately | 17.7% (81) | 15.5% (73) | |
| Quite a bit | 9.6% (44) | 7.2% (34) | |
| Extremely | 2.0% (9) | 1.1% (5) | |
| Year 1 | |||
| N | 346 | 383 | 0.0357 |
| Not at all | 18.5% (64) | 21.4% (82) | |
| A little bit | 45.7% (158) | 53.3% (204) | |
| Moderately | 21.1% (73) | 15.7% (60) | |
| Quite a bit | 12.1% (42) | 7.3% (28) | |
| Extremely | 2.6% (9) | 2.4% (9) | |
| Year 2 | |||
| N | 334 | 367 | 0.0258 |
| Not at all | 18.6% (62) | 20.2% (74) | |
| A little bit | 42.2% (141) | 51.8% (190) | |
| Moderately | 24.6% (82) | 16.4% (60) | |
| Quite a bit | 11.1% (37) | 9.5% (35) | |
| Extremely | 3.6% (12) | 2.2% (8) | |
Continuous variable p-values are based on Wilcoxon Signed-rank test. Categorical variable p-values are based on Likelihood Ratio Chi-Square, except for those indicated with (*) which used Fishers Exact test.