Table 6. Cath knowledge by being a health care worker or not.
*p-value at level of significance <0.05
| Health Care Worker | Yes, n= 379 (%) | No, n= 605 (%) | Total, n=984 (%) | p-value | |
| Heard of Cardiac Cath | 365 (96.3%) | 581 (96%) | 946 (96%) | 0.8 | |
| Knows the difference between diagnostic and therapeutic cath | 89 (23.5%) | 211 (34.9%) | 300 (30.5%) | <0.05* | |
| Who does the cath | |||||
| Any Doctor | 23 (6.1%) | 35 (5.8%) | 58 (5.9%) | 0.5 | |
| Cardiac Surgeon | 181 (47.8%) | 285 (47.1%) | 466 (47.4%) | ||
| Interventional Cardiology | 55 (14.5%) | 108 (17.9%) | 163 (16.6%) | ||
| Don’t know | 120 (31.7%) | 177 (29.3%) | 297 (30.2 %) | ||
| Use of contrast during a cardiac cath | |||||
| Yes | 98 (25.9%) | 176 (29.1%) | 274 (27.8%) | <0.05* | |
| Don’t know | 252 (66.5%) | 356 (58.8%) | 608 (61.8%) | ||
| Use of imaging during a cardiac cath | |||||
| Yes | 141 (37.2%) | 254 (42%) | 395 (40.1%) | 0.054 | |
| Don’t know | 217 (57.3%) | 302 (49.9%) | 519 (52.7%) | ||
| Cath can be done as a day case | |||||
| Yes | 127 (33.5%) | 258 (42.6%) | 385 (39,1%) | <0.05* | |
| Don’t know | 114 (30.1%) | 175 (28.9%) | 289 (29.4%) | ||
| Coronary Stent can be inserted during an angiogram | |||||
| Yes | 210 (55.4%) | 403 (66.6 %) | 613 (62.3%) | <0.05* | |
| Don’t know | 114 (30.1%) | 175 (28.9%) | 289 (29.4%) | ||
| Will you agree to have angiogram if needed | |||||
| Yes | 296 (78.1%) | 475 (78.5%) | 771 (78.4%) | <0.05* | |
| Don’t know | 56 (14.8) | 112 (18.5%) | 168 (17.1%) |