Basic Life Support Knowledge and Its Associated Factors Among a Non-Medical Population in Gondar Town, Ethiopia

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Participants at Gondar Town Public Health Institutions Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Age in years	18–30	140	34.0
	30–40	151	36.7
	>40	121	29.4
Sex	Male	276	67.0
	Female	136	33.0
Residency	Urban	296	71.8
	Rural	116	28.2
Education	No formal education	191	46.4
	Formal education	221	53.6
Marital status	Married	280	68.0
	Single	101	24.5
	Widowed	21	5.1
	Divorced	10	2.4
Religious	Orthodox	282	68.4
	Muslim	128	31.1
	Protestant	2	0.5
BLS training	Yes	35	8.5
	No	377	91.5
Type of training	Verbal	15	42.9
	Practical	7	20
	Both	13	37.1
Frequency of training	One	22	62.9
	≥ Two	13	37.1
Ever heard about BLS	Yes	241	58.5
	No	171	41.5
Source of information	Reading	36	5.0
	Media	85	35.3
	Health personnel	91	37.7
	Friends and relatives	29	12.0
Facing a person in need of BLS	Yes	215	52.2
	No	197	47.8

Abbreviation: BLS, basic life support.

Table 2 Socio-Demographic Distribution of Participants’ Score of BLS Knowledge at Gondar Town Public Health Institutions Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020

Variables	Category	N (%)	Score of BLS Knowledge (mean±SD)	p-value
Age in years	18–30	140(34.0%)	19.52± 4.15
	30–40	151(36.7%)	18.78±4.06
	>40	121(29.4%)	18.81±4.29	0.156
Sex	Male	276(67.0%)	19.46±3.91
	Female	136(33.0%)	18.19±4.52	0.04*
Residency	Urban	296(71.8%)	19.48±4.14
	Rural	116(28.2%)	17.92±4.02	0.001**
Education	No formal education	191(46.4%)	18.57±4.19
	Formal education	221(53.6%)	19.04±4.16	0.033*
Marital status	Married	280(68.0%)	19.06±4.24
	Single	101(24.5%)	19.39±3.69
	Widowed	21(5.1%)	19.05±4.61
	Divorced	10(2.4%)	19.04±4.16	0.017*
Religious	Orthodox	282(68.4%)	19.06±4.13
	Muslim	128(31.1%)	19.02±4.19
	Protestant	2(0.5%)	17.50±9.19	0.001**
BLS training	Yes	35(8.5%)	21.20±2.21
	No	377(91.5%)	18.84±4.22	0.001**
Type of training	Verbal	15(42.9%)	21.80±2.11
	Practical	7(20.0%)	19.00±4.00
	Both	13(37.1%)	21.54±2.18	0.029*
Frequency of training	One	22(62.9%)	21.0 ±3.42
	≥ Two	13(37.1%)	21.56±1.68	0.528
Ever heard about BLS	Yes	241(58.5%)	19.99±3.88
	No	171(41.5%)	17.71±4.19	0.0001***
Source of information	Reading	36(5.0%)	9.19±4.15
	Media	85(35.3%)	19.43±4.03
	Health personnel	91(37.7%)	20.17±3.67
	Friends and relatives	29(12.0%)	21.17±4.67	0.023*
Facing a person in need of BLS	Yes	215(52.2%)	20.11±4.16
	No	197(47.8%)	17.87±3.84	0.0001***

Notes: *P-values < 0.05; **P-values < 0.001; ***P-values < 0.0001.

Abbreviation: BLS, basic life support.

Table 3 Bivariable and Multivariable Analysis of Factors Associated with Knowledge of Basic Life Support at Gondar Town Public Health Institutions, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020 (n=412)

			Knowledge		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	p-values
Variables		Category	Good	Poor
Age in years		18–30	75	65	1	1
		30–40	57	94	1.90(1.19–3.04)	1.50(1.15–1.97)	0.03*
		>40	51	70	1.58(0.97–2.59)	2.45(1.53–3.91)	0.0001***
Sex		Male	138	138	2.02(1.32–310)	2.22(1.41–3.49)	0.001**
		Female	45	91	1	1
Residence		Urban	144	152	1.87(1.69–2.93)	1.66(1.25–3.56)	0.04*
		Rural	39	77	1	1
Education		No formal	78	113	0.76(0.52–1.12)	0.63(0.38–2.57)	0.08
		Formal	105	116	1	1
Marital status		Married	127	153	1	1
		Single	49	52	0.88(0.56–1.39)	0.46(0.29–1.48)	0.43
		Widowed	6	15	2.08(0.78–5.51)	1.89(0.65–2.16)	0.32
		Divorced	1	9	7.47(0.93–59.76)	5.88(0.77–41.34)	0.09
BLS training		Yes	29	6	6.99(2.84–17.26)	4.65(1.85–11.67)	0.001**
		No	154	223	1	1
Ever heard about BLS		Yes	134	107	3.12(2.05–4.74)	3.02(2.05–4.74)	0.0001***
		No	49	122	1	1
Facing a person in need of BLS		Yes	117	98	2.37(1.59–3.53)	2.59(1.69–3.98)	0.0001***
		No	66	113	1	1

Notes: *P-values < 0.05; **P-values < 0.001; ***P-values < 0.0001.

Abbreviations: BLS, basic life support; COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.