Awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in South China: a cross-sectional survey
Objectives To assess the awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among relatives of people with and without heart disease and their influence in South China.Design This is a cross-sectional survey. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the demographic factor...
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| description | Objectives To assess the awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among relatives of people with and without heart disease and their influence in South China.Design This is a cross-sectional survey. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the demographic factors associated with CPR training, learning and knowledge.Setting The study was conducted in two hospitals, the largest cardiovascular institute and the largest eye care centre in South China.Participants Healthy individuals who accompanied their relatives with heart disease to the outpatient department of cardiovascular disease and systemically healthy patients who came for regular ophthalmic examination and had no relatives with heart disease were consecutively recruited for the study. A total of 1644 respondents with heart disease relatives and 813 respondents without heart disease relatives completed the survey.Results Thirty three per cent of respondents never heard of CPR and only 11% had received CPR training. Factors associated with a higher rate of CPR training were higher level of education and income (p<0.001). Most respondents stated that CPR training was necessary and would like to learn CPR. However, only one-third considered it beneficial to perform CPR as a layperson. In addition, healthcare respondents (p<0.001), younger (p<0.05) and more educated respondents (p<0.001) earned higher scores on the knowledge of CPR skills. Only 5.3% had perfect scores on a CPR skills test. Notably, respondents with relatives suffering from heart disease had significantly less training experience and CPR knowledge than those without (p<0.001).Conclusions Although the attitudes towards learning CPR are very positive, there was a lack of knowledge on this topic among the general public. This study demonstrates an urgent need to boost awareness and training in CPR in South China, especially among people whose relatives have heart disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-04b15c521eb24989a2aee3a35d7029562024-11-21T23:00:11ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552020-12-01101210.1136/bmjopen-2020-041245Awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in South China: a cross-sectional surveyLing Jin0Gang Xu1Yun Teng2Yunxuan Li3Liya Xu4Fanyu Chen5Hailiu Chen6Jimei Chen7State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Ocular Diseases, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People`s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People`s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaTufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USADepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People`s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaGuangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People`s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaObjectives To assess the awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among relatives of people with and without heart disease and their influence in South China.Design This is a cross-sectional survey. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the demographic factors associated with CPR training, learning and knowledge.Setting The study was conducted in two hospitals, the largest cardiovascular institute and the largest eye care centre in South China.Participants Healthy individuals who accompanied their relatives with heart disease to the outpatient department of cardiovascular disease and systemically healthy patients who came for regular ophthalmic examination and had no relatives with heart disease were consecutively recruited for the study. A total of 1644 respondents with heart disease relatives and 813 respondents without heart disease relatives completed the survey.Results Thirty three per cent of respondents never heard of CPR and only 11% had received CPR training. Factors associated with a higher rate of CPR training were higher level of education and income (p<0.001). Most respondents stated that CPR training was necessary and would like to learn CPR. However, only one-third considered it beneficial to perform CPR as a layperson. In addition, healthcare respondents (p<0.001), younger (p<0.05) and more educated respondents (p<0.001) earned higher scores on the knowledge of CPR skills. Only 5.3% had perfect scores on a CPR skills test. Notably, respondents with relatives suffering from heart disease had significantly less training experience and CPR knowledge than those without (p<0.001).Conclusions Although the attitudes towards learning CPR are very positive, there was a lack of knowledge on this topic among the general public. This study demonstrates an urgent need to boost awareness and training in CPR in South China, especially among people whose relatives have heart disease.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/12/e041245.full |
| spellingShingle | Ling Jin Gang Xu Yun Teng Yunxuan Li Liya Xu Fanyu Chen Hailiu Chen Jimei Chen Awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in South China: a cross-sectional survey BMJ Open |
| title | Awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in South China: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_full | Awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in South China: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_fullStr | Awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in South China: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in South China: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_short | Awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in South China: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_sort | awareness knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation among people with and without heart disease relatives in south china a cross sectional survey |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/12/e041245.full |
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