Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in China

Table 2

Current status and attitude of layperson towards CPR training.

Layperson responses	All	Male	Female	value
Understanding what is CPR				0.645
Yes	1658 (90.1%)	818 (90.4%)	840 (89.7%)
No	183 (9.9%)	87 (9.6%)	96 (10.3%)
CPR training				0.110
Yes	472 (25.6%)	247 (27.3%)	225 (24.0%)
No	1369 (74.4%)	658 (72.7%)	711 (76.0%)
Reasons for not attending CPR training				0.044
Do not know where the training is	749 (54.7%)	352 (53.5%)	397 (55.8%)
Lack of time	275 (20.1%)	148 (22.5%)	127 (17.9%)
Not concerned	147 (10.7%)	74 (11.2%)	73 (10.3%)
Costs	118 (8.6%)	56 (8.5%)	62 (8.7%)
Others	80 (5.8%)	28 (4.3%)	52 (7.3%)
The way to learn CPR				<0.001
Teaching by medical staff	826 (44.9%)	414 (45.7%)	412 (44.0%)
Accredited CPR training courses	511 (27.7%)	210 (23.2%)	301 (32.2%)
TV or internet	290 (15.8%)	164 (18.1%)	126 (13.5%)
Health education lectures	161 (8.7%)	91 (10.1%)	70 (7.5%)
Books, newspapers, and magazines	35 (1.9%)	16 (1.8%)	19 (2.0%)
Others	18 (1%)	10 (1.1%)	8 (0.9%)
Do you want to pay for the qualified and professional CPR training				0.007
Yes	1032 (56.1%)	534 (59.0%)	498 (53.2%)
No	258 (14.0%)	131 (14.5%)	127 (13.6%)
Uncertain	551 (29.9%)	240 (26.5%)	311 (33.2%)
Do you believe you have ability to learn and perform CPR				<0.001
Yes	1217 (66.1%)	627 (69.3%)	590 (63.0%)
No	151 (8.20%)	83 (9.2%)	68 (7.3%)
Uncertain	473 (25.7%)	195 (21.5%)	278 (29.7%)
Do you believe a lifeless person without breath and/or heartbeat can be saved				<0.001
Yes	1456 (79.1%)	738 (81.5%)	718 (76.7%)
No	61 (3.3%)	38 (4.2%)	23 (2.5%)
Uncertain	324 (17.6%)	129 (14.3%)	195 (20.8%)
Top 5 professions to learn CPR				0.278
Medical staff	1786 (97.0%)	873 (96.5%)	913 (97.6%)
Firefighter	1578 (85.7%)	785 (86.7%)	793 (84.7%)
Police officer	1396 (75.8%)	708 (78.2%)	688 (73.5%)
Driver and steward	1217 (66.1%)	578 (63.9%)	639 (68.3%)
Tour guide	913 (49.6%)	426 (47.1%)	487 (52.0%)

, statistically significant difference between genders for each question.