Table 2.
Perceptions of students (S) and their parents (P) toward fears regarding basic life support (BLS) training in primary schools*
| Statement | Strongly disagree |
Disagree |
Neither agree nor disagree |
Agree |
Strongly agree |
P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | S | P | ||
| 1. Students are not afraid of contagious diseases they can get from manikins used for BLS. |
20.2 |
22.7 |
11.1 |
14.7 |
23.9 |
25.3 |
16.2 |
15.5 |
28.6 |
21.8 |
0.003 |
| 2. Students are not afraid to apply BLS despite infections they may get from the person in need. |
8.4 |
13.9 |
17.6 |
16.4 |
31.1 |
36.8 |
19.3 |
15.0 |
23.6 |
17.3 |
0.013 |
| 3. Students are not afraid to apply BLS despite the potential harm they may cause to the one in need. |
10.9 |
13.2 |
17.7 |
9.2 |
39.9 |
40.8 |
15.7 |
16.4 |
15.7 |
20.4 |
0.091 |
| 4. Students are not afraid to apply BLS despite their lack of knowledge of the technique. |
10.0 |
6.7 |
8.2 |
5.2 |
19.2 |
15.9 |
24.7 |
23.2 |
37.8 |
49.0 |
0.002 |
| 5. More people would be willing to apply BLS if its training only involved chest compressions without mouth to mouth or mouth to nose resuscitation. | 9.6 | 16.7 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 27.1 | 31.1 | 25.7 | 17.6 | 28.8 | 27.1 | 0.034 |
*Numbers given are percentages.