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

Table 3

Multivariate analysis for the effect of continued DACPR in urban and rural areas.

Variables	Urban			Rural
	n/N (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	n/N (%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
ROSC
No continued CPR till the EMT arrive	214/1264 (16.93)	Reference	Reference	26/183 (14.21)	Reference	Reference
Continued CPR till the EMT arrive	232/1136 (20.42)	1.26 (1.03–1.55)	1.02 (0.82–1.27)	27/133 (20.30)	1.54 (0.85–2.78)	1.49 (0.80–2.80)
Favorable Neurological Function
No continued CPR till EMT arrive	20/1264 (1.58)	Reference	Reference	2/183 (1.09)	Reference	Reference
Continued CPR till EMT arrive	24/1136 (2.11)	1.34 (0.74–2.44)	1.16 (0.61–2.20)	2/133 (1.50)	1.38 (0.19–9.94)	2.90 (0.18–46.81)

Adjusted with age, witness of collapse, location, defibrillated with automated external defibrillator, and emergency medical service response time.