Table 3.
Concern regarding basic life support (BLS) among health-care providers in pre-BLS (n = 421) and post-BLS (n = 321) groups
| Concern (10 statements) | BLS group | Disagree n (%) |
Neutral n (%) |
Agree n (%) |
χ2 | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. I think that the fear of further harming a heart attack victim affects me | Pre | 202 (48.3) | 139 (33.0) | 77 (18.4) | 8.454 | 0.015* |
| Post | 119 (39.4) | 132 (3.7) | 51 (16.9) | |||
| 2. I believe that lack of self-confidence influences me in initiating CPR | Pre | 150 (35.7) | 115 (27.4) | 155 (36.9) | 2.287 | 0.319 |
| Post | 105 (34.7) | 98 (32.3) | 100 (33.0) | |||
| 3. I fear that my lack of training influences me greatly in initiating CPR | Pre | 123 (29.3) | 127 (30.2) | 170 (40.5) | 1.337 | 0.513 |
| Post | 93 (30.7) | 100 (33.0) | 110 (36.3) | |||
| 4. I believe that a young victim positively affects my decision to initiate CPR | Pre | 205 (48.8) | 119 (28.3) | 96 (22.9) | 4.762 | 0.092 |
| Post | 126 (41.9) | 107 (35.5) | 68 (22.6) | |||
| 5. I think a victim being of a different gender affects me | Pre | 299 (71.2) | 64 (15.2) | 57 (13.6) | 13.856 | 0.001* |
| Post | 185 (61.1) | 80 (26.4) | 38 (12.5) | |||
| 6. I think a victim being from a different geographic area affects me | Pre | 291 (69.3) | 79 (18.8) | 50 (11.9) | 7.175 | 0.028* |
| Post | 183 (60.6) | 81 (26.8) | 38 (12.6) | |||
| 7. I think that lack of legal coverage greatly affects me | Pre | 180 (43.0) | 100 (23.9) | 139 (33.1) | 17.462 | <0.001* |
| Post | 107 (35.3) | 116 (38.3) | 80 (26.4) | |||
| 8. I think that my fear of contracting a disease affects me | Pre | 178 (42.4) | 130 (31.0) | 112 (26.6) | 3.927 | 0.140 |
| Post | 113 (37.3) | 115 (38.0) | 75 (24.7) | |||
| 9. I believe that if I know the victim, this will positively affect my decision | Pre | 187 (44.7) | 94 (22.5) | 137 (32.8) | 4.654 | 0.098 |
| Post | 124 (41.2) | 89 (29.6) | 88 (29.2) | |||
| 10. I think that a victim being of the same gender will affect my decision to initiate CPR | Pre | 288 (68.7) | 75 (17.9) | 56 (13.4) | 10.268 | 0.006* |
| Post | 175 (58.1) | 82 (27.2) | 44 (14.7) | |||
| Pre-BLS | Post-BLS | |||||
| Concern score | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| High (≥50%) | 153 (36.3) | 119 (37.1) | ||||
| Low (<50%) | 268 (63.7) | 202 (62.9) | χ2 = 0.042, p = 0.84 | |||
| Mean ± SD | 37.4 ± 24.6 | 39.4 ± 22.9 | t = −1.089, p = 0.28 | |||
Abbreviations: BLS basic life support; CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, *statistical significance
Figures shown in the table are for available data only