The impact of CPR and AED training on healthcare professionals' self-perceived attitudes to performing resuscitation

Table 1 Differences in attitudes after CPR education by all healthcare professions (Group 1, taking part in CPR training)

Question ¹	Physicians (n = 226)			Nurses (n = 956)			Assistant nurses (n = 742)			Others ²(n = 228)			Total (n = 2152)
	%	Diff.	P	%	Diff.	P	%	Diff.	P	%	Diff.	P	%	Diff.	P
Sure how to react	74	+10	0.03	67	+9	< 0.001	60	+13	< 0.001	30	+5	NS	60	+10	< 0.001
Not nervous	53	-5	NS	54	+3	0.01	53	+8	< 0.001	21	+2	NS	49	+4	< 0.001
Duty to intervene	98	+3	NS	97	-2	NS	96	+3	NS	92	+4	NS	96	+0	NS
Secure in CPR knowledge	70	+18	< 0.001	71	+14	< 0.001	68	+19	< 0.001	31	+7	0.04	65	+16	< 0.001
Not anxious	69	+0	NS	65	+10	< 0.001	64	+13	< 0.001	29	0.0	NS	60	+9	< 0.001
Know what to do if cardiac arrests occur	90	+5	NS	90	+7	< 0.001	88	+12	< 0.001	67	+5	NS	86	+8	< 0.001
Act instinctively	73	+10	NS	76	+5	0.02	72	+5	NS	49	+5	NS	71	+5	< 0.001
Chance to help	87	+4	NS	91	+3	NS	92	+5	0.006	72	+9	NS	88	+4	< 0.001
Need to have things under control	62	+0	NS	67	+4	NS	51	+1	NS	49	+9	0.04	58	+3	< 0.001
Manage to take control of the situation	89	+4	NS	68	+8	< 0.001	43	+14	< 0.001	38	+7	NS	57	+10	< 0.001
Important to use gloves	43	+8	NS	32	-0	NS	27	+5	0.008	9	-0.0	NS	28	+2	< 0.001

¹ See the appendix for the complete questions
² Other university educated staff, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social welfare officers, psychologists and biomedical analysts
% Proportion of participants with the respective attitude after education
Diff. Change in proportion of participants before and after education in CPR
NS Not Significant

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