Clin Exp Emerg Med.  2017 Jun;4(2):80-87. 10.15441/ceem.16.160.

Association between public cardiopulmonary resuscitation education and the willingness to perform bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a metropolitan citywide survey

• Son JW
• Ryoo HW
• Moon S
• Kim JY
• Ahn JY
• Park JB
• Seo KS
• Kim JK
• Kim YJ

• KMID: 2385934
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15441/ceem.16.160

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an important factor associated with improved survival rates and neurologic prognoses in cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We assessed how factors related to CPR education including timing of education, period from the most recent education session, and content, affected CPR willingness.
METHODS
In February 2012, trained interviewers conducted an interview survey of 1,000 Daegu citizens through an organized questionnaire. The subjects were aged ≥19 years and were selected by quota sampling. Their social and demographic characteristics, as well as CPR and factors related to CPR education, were investigated. Chi-square tests and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate how education-related factors affected the willingness to perform CPR.
RESULTS
Of total 1,000 cases, 48.0% were male. The multivariate analyses revealed several factors significantly associated with CPR willingness: didactic plus practice group (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 3.38; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.3 to 5.0), group with more than four CPR education session (AOR, 7.68; 95% CI, 3.21 to 18.35), interval of less than 6 months from the last CPR education (AOR, 4.47; 95% CI 1.29 to 15.52), and education with automated external defibrillator (AOR, 5.98; 95% CI 2.30 to 15.53).
CONCLUSION
The following were associated with increased willingness to perform CPR: practice sessions and automated electrical defibrillator training in public CPR education, more frequent CPR training, and shorter time period from the most recent CPR education sessions.

Keyword

Heart arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Education

MeSH Terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Daegu
Defibrillators
Education*
Heart Arrest
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Prognosis
Survival Rate