The Effect of the Duration of Basic Life Support Training on the Learners’ Cardiopulmonary and Automated External Defibrillator Skills
Table 5
Effect of basic life support training on willingness and confidence among all participants according to program level.
(a)
Program level
Total ()
value
1 ()
2 ()
3 ()
4 ()
Prewillingness score for CPR
Yes
77 (63.6%)
58 (48.7%)
73 (58.9%)
75 (62.0%)
283 (58.4%)
0.802
<0.001
Postwillingness score for CPR
Yes
118 (97.5%)
115 (96.6%)
124 (100.0%)
117 (96.7%)
474 (97.7%)
0.879
Prewillingness score for AED
Yes
46 (38.0%)
42 (35.3%)
48 (38.7%)
56 (46.3%)
192 (39.6%)
0.158
<0.001
Postwillingness score for AED
Yes
117 (96.7%)
113 (95.0%)
123 (99.2%)
119 (98.3%)
472 (97.3%)
0.162
A Likert scale was used to categorize responses as no (1, 2, and 3) or yes (4 and 5). The chi-square test was used to compare each program level. The pre- and postwillingness for each program level were compared using the McNemar test (all, ). CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; AED: automated external defibrillator.
(b)
Program level
value
1 ()
2 ()
3 ()
4 ()
Preconfidence for CPR
55.0 (30.0–70.0)
50.0 (30.0–80.0)
50.0 (40.0–70.0)
50.0 (30.0–80.0)
0.533
<0.001
Postconfidence for CPR
90.0 (80.0–100.0)
90.0 (80.0–100.0)
90.0 (80.0–100.0)
90.0 (80.0–100.0)
0.177
Preconfidence for AED
50.0 (15.0–70.0)
50.0 (20.0–70.0)
50.0 (20.0–60.0)
50.0 (30.0–70.0)
0.579
<0.001
Postconfidence for AED
90.0 (70.0–100. 0)
90.0 (80.0–100.0)
90.0 (80.0–100.0)
90.0 (80.0–100.0)
0.167
Program levels were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis method and expressed as median (interquartile range). Pre- and postconfidence were compared using the Wilcoxon signed rank test (all, ). CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; AED: automated external defibrillator.
