Table 3.
Knowledge levels of health-care providers
| Knowledge of respondents on management of cardiac arrest | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adequate | Inadequate | |||
| Sex | Male | 49 (24.1%) | 155 (75.9%) | 204 |
| Female | 23 (19.2%) | 97 (80.8%) | 120 | |
| Age, years | ≤25 | 10 (27%) | 27 (73%) | 37 |
| 26–30 | 50 (24.3%) | 156 (75.7%) | 206 | |
| 31–35 | 8 (15.1%) | 45 (84.9%) | 53 | |
| ≥36 | 4 (14.3%) | 24 (85.7%) | 28 | |
| Profession | Medicine | 13 (56.5%) | 10 (43.5%) | 23 |
| Nursing | 35 (18%) | 159 (82%) | 194 | |
| Midwifery | 11 (40.7%) | 16 (59.3%) | 27 | |
| Laboratory | 1 (3.7%) | 26 (96.3%) | 27 | |
| Pharmacy | 7 (19.4%) | 29 (80.6%) | 36 | |
| Anesthesia | 4 (100%) | 0 | 4 | |
| Optometry | 0 | 7 (100%) | 7 | |
| Dentistry | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 2 | |
| Radiology | 0 | 4 (100%) | 4 | |
| Education | Diploma | 10 (12.9%) | 67 (87.1%) | 77 |
| BSc | 47 (21.7) | 170 (78.3%) | 217 | |
| MSc | 1 (20%) | 4 (80%) | 5 | |
| DDM | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 2 | |
| MD | 13 (56.5%) | 10 (43.5%) | 23 | |
Abbreviations: BSc, Bachelor of Science; MSc, Master of Science; MD, Doctor of Medicine; DDM, Doctor of Dental Medicine.