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. 2019 May;8(5):1587–1593. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_76_19

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