Table 2.
Characteristic of the respondents according to basic AEDa knowledge
| Full name of AED | Function of AED | Indication of AED | Use of AED | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| N = 2565 | n = 885(%) | p value | p value | p value | p value | ||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 364 (32.91%) | 300 (29.12%) | 396 (35.80%) | 266 (24.05%) | |||||
| Female | 521 (35.71%) | 362 (24.81%) | 561 (35.45%) | 322 (22.07%) | |||||
| Age | |||||||||
| < 18 | 64 (32.49%) | 0.041 | 49 (23.35%) | 68 (34.52%) | 41 (20.81%) | ||||
| 18–35 | 702 (33.67%) | 531 (25.47%) | 783 (37.55%) | 488 (23.41%) | |||||
| 35–50 | 103 (41.70%) | 74 (29.96%) | 95 (38.46%) | 53 (23.46%) | |||||
| > 50 | 16 (44.44%) | 8 (22.22%) | 11 (30.56%) | 6 (16.67%) | |||||
| Education | |||||||||
| Undergraduate degree and below | 772 (34.05%) | 565 (24.92%) | 0.016 | 834 (36.79%) | 512 (22.58%) | ||||
| Master degree | 103 (38.43%) | 86 (32.09%) | 112 (41.79%) | 68 (25.37%) | |||||
| Doctoral degree and above | 10 (33.33%) | 11 (33.33%) | 11 (33.33%) | 8 (23.67%) | |||||
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Medical-related | 273 (39.85%) | 0.001 | 242 (35.33%) | < 0.001 | 298 (43.50%) | < 0.001 | 214 (31.24%) | < 0.001 | |
| Non-medical-related | 612 (32.55%) | 420 (22.34%) | 659 (35.05%) | 374 (19.89%) | |||||
| Have you attended a previous AED training? | |||||||||
| Yes | 386 (41.02%) | < 0.001 | 364 (38.68%) | < 0.001 | 468 (49.73%) | < 0.001 | 334 (35.49%) | < 0.001 | |
| No | 499 (30.73%) | 298 (18.35%) | 489 (30.11%) | 254 (15.64%) | |||||
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