Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in China

Table 4

Layperson responses to the hypothetical cardiac arrest scenarios.

Layperson responses	All	Male	Female	value
If you find someone who has cardiac arrest, you will				0.002
Ask for help and perform CPR	1096 (59.5%)	562 (62.1%)	534 (57.1%)
Ask for help only	420 (22.8%)	174 (19.2%)	246 (26.3%)
Perform CPR only	274 (14.9%)	149 (16.5)	125 (13.4)
Do not know how to do	48 (2.6%)	19 (2.1%)	29 (3.1%)
Others	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)
If you experience cardiac arrest in public area, the person you wish to perform CPR on you				0.806
Bystander	994 (54.0%)	486 (53.7%)	508 (54.3%)
Medical staff or trained people only	847 (46.0%)	419 (46.3%)	428 (45.7%)
When you witness a family member/stranger confronting cardiac arrest, you will perform CPR to				0.094
Both of them	1395 (75.8%)	696 (76.9%)	699 (74.7%)
Family member only	421 (22.9%)	192 (21.2%)	229 (24.5%)
Stranger only	10 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	4 (0.4%)
Neither	15 (0.8%)	11 (1.2%)	4 (0.4%)
While performing CPR on a stranger, you will worry about				<0.001
Legal issues	980 (53.2%)	537 (59.3%)	443 (47.3%)
Inadequate knowledge and skill of CPR	817 (44.4%)	344 (38.0%)	473 (50.5%)
Disease transmission	33 (1.8%)	18 (2.0%)	15 (1.6%)
Others	11 (0.6%)	6 (0.7%)	5 (0.5%)
If a family member has cardiac arrest, but bystander CPR failed, will you prosecute for liability				<0.001
Yes	252 (13.7%)	140 (15.5%)	113 (12.1%)
No	1085 (58.9%)	560 (61.9%)	525 (56.1%)
Uncertain	503 (27.3%)	205 (22.7%)	298 (31.8%)
If laws were implemented to prevent prosecuting for liability, will you perform CPR on strangers				0.029
Yes	1629 (88.5%)	812 (89.7%)	817 (87.3%)
No	45 (2.4%)	26 (2.9%)	19 (2.0%)
Uncertain	167 (9.1%)	67 (7.4%)	100 (10.7%)

, statistically significant difference between genders for each question.