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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Resuscitation. 2012 May 3;83(12):1484–1490. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.04.014

Table 4.

Factors impacting acquisition and retention of excellent CPR.

Infant manikin
Adult manikin
Adj OR CI p-Value Adj OR CI p-Value
Excellent CPR (comparison group: pre course)
 Acquisition 3.4 2.2–5.4 <0.01 2.1 1.3–3.5 <0.01
 Retention at 3 months 3.8 2.3–6.5 <0.01 2.1 1.3–3.5 <0.01
 Retention at 6 months 3.6 2.1–6.3 <0.01 1.4 0.8–2.5 0.3
Instruction type (comparison group: traditional instruction)
 Limited instructor with feedback manikin 0.8 0.5–1.4 0.5 1.1 0.7–1.8 0.7
 Self-directed learning 1.0 0.5–2.1 0.9 1.3 0.7–2.7 0.4
Cognitive score > 84% 2.2 1.4–3.5 <0.01 1.6 1.0–2.4 0.03
No remediation needed 1.8 1.1–3.0 0.02 2.0 1.2–3.2 0.01
English fluency 1.5 1.0–2.2 0.07 1.1 0.7–1.6 0.7
Acute medical area 0.9 0.6–1.4 0.6 1.0 0.6–1.5 0.9
Previous CPR training 0.8 0.4–1.3 0.3 0.8 0.5–1.4 0.5
High frequency of resuscitation 1.2 0.7–1.8 0.5 0.8 0.5–1.2 0.2
Profession, nurse (vs other) 0.9 0.5–1.6 0.7 0.7 0.4–1.2 0.2
Graduated > 5 years ago 1.4 0.9–2.1 0.2 1.3 0.8–2.0 0.3