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Table 1 Characteristics of the respondents according to AED training status

From: Public knowledge and attitudes toward automated external defibrillators use among first aid eLearning course participants: a survey

  

AEDª trained

Not AEDa trained

 

Overall n = 2565

n = 941 (36.69%)

n = 1624 (63.31%)

P value

Gender

Male

1106 (43.12%)

427 (45.38%)

679 (41.81%)

 

Female

1459 (56.88%)

514 (54.62%)

945 (58.19%)

 

Age

< 18

197 (7.68%)

64 (6.80%)

133 (8.19%)

0.001

18–35

2085 (81.29%)

800 (85.02%)

1285 (79.13%)

 

35–50

247 (9.63%)

71 (7.55%)

176 (10.84%)

 

> 50

36 (1.40%)

6 (0.64%)

30 (1.85%)

 

Education

Undergraduate degree and below

2267 (88.38%)

817 (86.82%)

1450 (89.29%)

 

Master degree

268 (10.45%)

112 (11.90%)

156 (9.61%)

 

Doctoral degree and above

30 (1.17%)

12 (1.28%)

18 (1.11%)

 

Occupation

Medical-related

685 (26.71%)

459 (48.78%)

226 (13.92%)

< 0.001

Non-medical-related

1880 (73.29%)

482 (51.22%)

1398 (86.28%)

 

Will you rescue an OHCAb patient?

Yes

2311 (90.10%)

854 (90.75%)

1457 (89.72%)

 

No

254 (9.90%)

87 (9.25%)

167 (10.28%)

 

Will you attend an AED training course?

Yes

2454 (99.0%)

900 (95.64%)

1554 (95.69%)

 

No

25 (1.0%)

9 (4.36%)

16 (4.31%)

 
  1. ªAED automated external defibrillator; bOHCA out-of-hospital cardiac arrest