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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Short structured feedback training is equivalent to a mechanical feedback device in two-rescuer BLS: a randomised simulation study

 

Standard BLS (sCPR) (n = 114)

QCPR (mfCPR) (n = 102)

Human feedback (hfCPR) (n = 110)

P-value (ANOVA/Chi2)

Sex (female), n/%

45/40

45/44

51/46

0.569

BMI1

21.88 ± 2.27

22.20 ± 2.84

21.77 ± 2.57

0.460

Age [years]

22 (21–23)

22 (21–23)

22 (21–23)

0.910

Real patient resuscitation performed, n/%

24/21

22/22

21/19 (n = 109)

0.909

Months since last resuscitation

30 (16–36)

20 (8–33)

26 (14–36)

0.438

Last BLS course within n/%

 Never

5/4

4/4

1/1

0.267

 <6 months ago

28/25

23/23

36/33

0.201

 6–12 months ago

13/11

10/10

18/16

0.318

 12–24 months ago

43/38

44/43

39/36

0.501

 >24 months ago

24/21

20/20

16/15

0.423

 Missing

1/1

1/1

0/0

0.596

 Duration of training until competent [s]

210 (157–259)#

210 (185–320)

258 (200–360)#,†

<0.001

 Total training time [min:s]

5:57 (5:04–6:46)#, *

6:18 (5:53–8:08) #, +

9:32 (8:34–11:14)+, *

<0.001

  1. #p<0.001 for comparison of sCPR vs. hfCPR
  2. p=0.038 for comparison of mfCPR vs. hfCPR
  3. # p=0.010 for comparison of sCPR vs. mfCPR
  4. +p<0.001 for comparison of mfCPR vs. hfCPR
  5. *p<0.001 for comparison of sCPR vs. hfCPR
  6. Fonts in bold indicate statistical significance (p<0.05)