Dispatcher-Assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Disparity between Urban and Rural Areas

Table 1

Demographic data of patients with OHCA in urban and rural areas.

Variables	Overall	Urban (n = 2400)	Rural (n = 316)	value
Age, mean	70.75 ± 16.04	70.46 ± 16.16	73.03 ± 14.85	0.011
Gender				0.594
Male	1704 (62.74)	1502 (62.58)	202 (64.13)
Female	1011 (37.22)	898 (37.42)	113 (35.87)
Location				0.307
Home	2165	1921 (80.04)	244 (77.22)
Public outdoor	68	62 (2.58)	6 (1.90)
Public indoor	92	82 (3.42)	10 (3.16)
Others	391	335 (13.96)	56 (17.72)
Witness	930	800 (33.33)	130 (41.14)	0.006
AED shock (yes)	298	259 (10.79)	39 (12.34)	0.407
EMS response time (min), mean	6.86 ± 2.94	6.66 ± 2.57	8.43 ± 4.68	<0.001
Prehospital ROSC	96	84 (3.50)	12 (3.80)	0.787
Sustained ROSC	499	446 (18.58)	53 (16.77)	0.434
Survival with favorable neurological function	48	44 (1.83)	4 (1.27)	0.471

. ROSC: return of spontaneous circulation. AED: automated external defibrillator.