Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2013.54.376
Students’ and parents’ attitudes toward basic life support training in primary schools
Jasna Petrić
; Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia
Mario Malički
; Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Domagoj Marković
; Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Julije Meštrović
; Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia
Sažetak
Aim To assess attitudes of students and their parents toward
basic life support (BLS) training in primary schools,
along with their perceptions of students’ fears toward applying
and training BLS.
Methods In October 2011, a specifically designed, voluntary
and anonymous questionnaire was distributed to 7th
and 8th grade students and to their parents in two primary
schools in Split, Croatia. Completed questionnaires were
analyzed to determine the validity of the scale, and to determine
sex and group differences in individual items and
the whole scale.
Results The questionnaires were completed by 301
school children and 361 parents. Cronbach’s alpha of the
whole scale was 0.83, indicating good internal consistency.
The students’ score for the whole attitude scale was
73.7 ± 11.1 out of maximum 95, while the parents’ score
was 68.0 ± 11.9. Students’ attitude was significantly more
positive than that of the parents (U = 29.7, P < 0.001). The
greatest perceived students’ fear toward applying BLS was
that they would harm the person in need of BLS.
Conclusion Our study showed that in Croatia both students
in their last two years of primary school and their
parents had a positive attitude toward BLS training in primary
schools. Implementing compulsory BLS training in
Croatia’s primary schools could help increase students’
confidence, quell their fears toward applying BLS, and possibly
even increase the survival of bystander-witnessed
cardiac arrests.
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Hrčak ID:
108677
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Datum izdavanja:
15.8.2013.
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