Table 8.
Participants’ knowledge grade regarding first aid according to their knowledge about first aid
| Knowledge about first aid | Not knowledgeable | Knowledgeable | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Percentage | No. | Percentage | ||
| Source of information on first aid | |||||
| Mass media | 122 | 80.8 | 29 | 19.2 | |
| Physicians | 28 | 82.4 | 6 | 17.6 | |
| Educational books | 15 | 78.9 | 4 | 21.1 | |
| Nurses | 11 | 73.3 | 4 | 26.7 | |
| Others | 25 | 80.6 | 6 | 19.4 | 0.963 |
| Who would best perform first aid | |||||
| Trained persons | 128 | 83.1 | 26 | 16.9 | |
| Nurses | 53 | 80.3 | 13 | 19.7 | |
| Physicians | 11 | 64.7 | 6 | 35.3 | |
| Teachers | 9 | 69.2 | 4 | 30.8 | 0.221 |
| Attending training on first aid | |||||
| Yes | 51 | 75.0 | 17 | 25.0 | |
| No | 150 | 82.4 | 32 | 17.6 | 0.189 |
| Confidence in doing first aid | |||||
| Confident | 63 | 78.8 | 17 | 21.3 | |
| Do not know | 77 | 75.5 | 25 | 24.5 | |
| Unconfident | 61 | 89.7 | 7 | 10.3 | 0.066 |