Table 3.

Participant characteristics associated with pediatric basic life support skills

Characteristic	Subgroups	Mean penalty points	Number	p value
Sex	Male	28.6	19	0.55
	Female	27.4	39
Age	20–29 years	23.6	14	0.01*
	30-39 years	23.5	20
	40–49 years	31.1	14
	50–59 years	37.5	8
	60–69 years	42.5	2
Hospital type	General	29.0	35	0.17
	Academic	26.3	23
Specialization level	Resident	22.1	24	0.00*
	Attending	32.1	34
Years of experience in pediatrics	< 1 year	27.0	5	0.01*
	1–2 years	30.7	7
	3–5 years	19.7	16
	5–10 years	25.0	6
	10–20 years	30.9	16
	> 20 years	38.8	8
Frequency of PBLS courses	Every 3 months	32.5	6	0.30
	Every 6 months	30.0	6
	Every 12 months	26.4	29
	Less than once a year	18.8	4
	Never	31.2	13
Last PBLS course	< 3 months ago	24.2	19	0.11
	3–6 months ago	23.5	10
	6–12 months ago	30.0	14
	1–2 years ago	29.0	10
	> 2 years ago	43.0	5
(P)BLS/PALS instructor	Yes	20.0	7	0.07
	No	29.0	51
Witnessed IHCA	≤ 5 times	26.6	42	0.25
	> 5 times	28.1	16

(P)BLS (pediatric) basic life support, PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support, IHCA in-hospital cardiac arrest

*Significant difference amongst groups (p < 0.05)