. 2021 Dec 31;8(4):255–267. doi: 10.15441/ceem.21.066

Table 1.

Respondents’ three main reasons for not being trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Country, year	Top 1 barrier	Top 2 barrier	Top 3 barrier
Australia, 2016 [22],^a)	Never thought about it/about the need to go for training (59%)^*	Lack of time/no time (25%)^†	Do not know where to take the training (15%)^‡
Australia, 2017 [23]	Never thought about it/about the need to go for training (44%)^*	Do not know where to take the training (21%)^‡	Cost (12%)^§
China, 2002 [27]	Lack of time/no time (33%)^†	Do not know where to take the training (28%)^‡	Have no (little) interest/lack of concern (20%)^Π
China, 2010 [29]	Lack of time/no time (41%)^†	Not necessary/don’t believe it’s important (26%)^#	Have no (little) interest/lack of concern (19%)^Π
China, 2014 [6]	Do not know where to take the training (55%)^‡	Lack of time/no time (20%)^†	Have no (little) interest/lack of concern (11%)^Π
Greece, unknown year [36]	Lack of infrastructure^b) (49%)^‡	Do not know where to take the training (24%)	Lack of time/no time (20%)^†
Oman, 2014 [52],^a)	Do not know where to take the training (34%)^‡	Lack of time/no time (29%)^†	Not necessary/don’t believe it’s important (23%)^#
Russia, 2018 [58],^a)	Never thought about it/about the need to go for training (51%)^*	Do not know where to take the training (28%)^‡	Not necessary/don’t believe it’s important (10%)^#
Spain, 2015 [62]	Had not had any opportunity to receive the training (61%)^§	Have no (little) interest/lack of concern (30%)^Π	Lack of time/no time (8%)^†
Sweden, 2000 [64],^a)	Unaware that such training exists (28%)^§	Have no (little) interest/lack of concern (21%)^Π	Do not know where to take the training (19%)^‡
The USA, 2008 [81]	Had not gotten around to it (41%)^§	Not necessary/don’t believe it’s important (10%)^#	There was no available training (10%)^‡

^{*, †, ‡, §, Π, #}

symbols indicate the same or similar barriers.

^a)

Multiple-choice question.

^b)

Lack of organized lessons, instructors or institutions.