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Table 3 Concern regarding basic life support (BLS) among health-care providers in pre-BLS (n = 421) and post-BLS (n = 321) groups

From: Impact of basic life-support training on the attitudes of health-care workers toward cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation

Concern (10 statements)

BLS group

Disagree

n (%)

Neutral

n (%)

Agree

n (%)

χ2

p value

1. I think that the fear of further harming a heart attack victim affects me

Pre

202 (48.3)

139 (33.0)

77 (18.4)

8.454

0.015*

Post

119 (39.4)

132 (3.7)

51 (16.9)

2. I believe that lack of self-confidence influences me in initiating CPR

Pre

150 (35.7)

115 (27.4)

155 (36.9)

2.287

0.319

Post

105 (34.7)

98 (32.3)

100 (33.0)

3. I fear that my lack of training influences me greatly in initiating CPR

Pre

123 (29.3)

127 (30.2)

170 (40.5)

1.337

0.513

Post

93 (30.7)

100 (33.0)

110 (36.3)

4. I believe that a young victim positively affects my decision to initiate CPR

Pre

205 (48.8)

119 (28.3)

96 (22.9)

4.762

0.092

Post

126 (41.9)

107 (35.5)

68 (22.6)

5. I think a victim being of a different gender affects me

Pre

299 (71.2)

64 (15.2)

57 (13.6)

13.856

0.001*

Post

185 (61.1)

80 (26.4)

38 (12.5)

6. I think a victim being from a different geographic area affects me

Pre

291 (69.3)

79 (18.8)

50 (11.9)

7.175

0.028*

Post

183 (60.6)

81 (26.8)

38 (12.6)

7. I think that lack of legal coverage greatly affects me

Pre

180 (43.0)

100 (23.9)

139 (33.1)

17.462

<0.001*

Post

107 (35.3)

116 (38.3)

80 (26.4)

8. I think that my fear of contracting a disease affects me

Pre

178 (42.4)

130 (31.0)

112 (26.6)

3.927

0.140

Post

113 (37.3)

115 (38.0)

75 (24.7)

9. I believe that if I know the victim, this will positively affect my decision

Pre

187 (44.7)

94 (22.5)

137 (32.8)

4.654

0.098

Post

124 (41.2)

89 (29.6)

88 (29.2)

10. I think that a victim being of the same gender will affect my decision to initiate CPR

Pre

288 (68.7)

75 (17.9)

56 (13.4)

10.268

0.006*

Post

175 (58.1)

82 (27.2)

44 (14.7)

 

Pre-BLS

Post-BLS

 

Concern score

n (%)

n (%)

 

High (≥50%)

153 (36.3)

119 (37.1)

 

Low (<50%)

268 (63.7)

202 (62.9)

 

χ2 = 0.042, p = 0.84

Mean ± SD

37.4 ± 24.6

39.4 ± 22.9

 

t = −1.089, p = 0.28

  1. Abbreviations: BLS basic life support; CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, *statistical significance
  2. Figures shown in the table are for available data only