Research Article

Learning Effectiveness Assessment between Primary School Students and Adults in Basic Life Support Education

Table 4

Willingness to perform CPR after training.

Elementary groupAdult group value

Willing to perform CPR on the associate
Yes188 (94.95%)99 (90.0%)0.099
No10 (5.05%)11 (10.0%)

Reasons of unwillingness
Afraid of doing further harm105
Afraid of doing CPR incorrectly107
Unwilling to perform cardiac compression94
Afraid of legal issues711
Others42

Willing to perform CPR on a stranger
Yes101 (51.01%)43 (39.09%)0.045
No97 (48.99%)67 (60.91%)

Reasons of unwillingness
Afraid of doing further harm4337
Afraid of doing CPR incorrectly3528
Unwilling to perform cardiac compression3124
Afraid of legal issues278
Others2321

Data are expressed as n (%) or n. indicates a significant difference. CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation.