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The Effects of Live-Fire Drills on Visual and Auditory Cognitive Performance among Firefighters

Open Access
|Nov 2020

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Figure 1

A1) Passing through the live-fire, A2) Extinguishing fire using water, A3) Shutting off fire with fire extinguisher.

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Figure 2

Mean VCR and ACR scores before and after the experiment. VCR and ACR stand for visual correct response (VCR) and auditory correct response (ACR) in the continuous performance test.

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Figure 3

Means of VRT and ART scores before and after the experiment. VRT and ART stand for visual reaction time (VRT) and auditory reaction time (ART) in the continuous performance test.

Table 1

Paired comparison of visual continuous performance test (VCPT) and auditory continuous performance test (ACPT) before and after the experiment.

Cognitive function testMean DifferenceSEp value
(before -VRT vs. after -VRT)17.112.31<0.05
(before -ART vs. after -ART)16.772.04<0.05
(after -VRT vs. after -ART)11.660.90<0.05
(before -VCR vs. after -VCR)4.000.35<0.05
(before -ACR vs. after -ACR)3.660.45<0.05
(after -VCR vs. after -ACR)2.610.25<0.05

[i] Note: SE = standard error; VCR = visual correct response; VRT = visual reaction time; ACR = auditory correct response; ART = auditory reaction rime.

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Figure 4

Means of PVSAT and PASAT scores before and after the experiment.

Table 2

Paired comparison of paced visual serial addition test (PVSAT) and paced auditory serial addition test (PASAT) before and after the experiment.

Cognitive function testMean DifferenceSEP value
(before -PVSAT vs. after -PVSAT)3.050.23<0.05
(before -PASAT vs. after -PASAT)3.220.26<0.05
(after -PVSAT vs. after -PASAT)2.770.20<0.05

[i] Note: SE = standard error.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2626 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Nov 17, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2020 Rasoul Hemmatjo, Mohammad Hajaghazadeh, Teimour Allahyari, Sajad Zare, Reza Kazemi, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.