Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of the Lebanese University Medical Students and Junior Doctors on Basic Life Support Practices

Hadi El Assaad; Bahaa Osman; Mohamad Omar Honeine; Pierre Abi-Hanna; Mirna N. Chahine

doi:10.5334/gh.1368

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Table 1

Grading of Knowledge (K), Attitude (A), and Practice (P) scores about BLS into Categories ‘Limited and Adequate’ and Sub-Categories ‘Poor, Fair, Good, and Excellent’.

CATEGORIES	SUB-CATEGORIES	KNOWLEDGE		ATTITUDE		PRACTICE
CATEGORIES	SUB-CATEGORIES	/13	%	/30	%	/10	%
LIMITED	POOR	≤9	≤69.23	≤21	≤70	≤6	≤70.0
LIMITED	FAIR	10–11	[67.92–84.61]	(22–24)	[73.33–80.0]	7	80.0
ADEQUATE	GOOD	12	92.3	(25–27)	[83.33–90.0]	9	90.0
EXCELLENT	13	100	(28–30)	[93.33–100]	9	100

Table 2

Descriptive statistics related to demographic and academic characteristics of medical students (N = 330).

		FREQUENCY	PERCENT
Gender	Male	156	47.3
Gender	Female	174	52.7
Age	Mean (SD)	24.01 (1.94)
Age	Minimum and Maximum	20–31
Year of medical training	4th year medical student	47	14.2
	5th year medical student	82	24.8
	6th year medical student	75	22.7
	7th year medical student	57	17.3
	1st year of residency	26	7.9
	2nd year of residency	16	4.8
	3rd year of residency	12	3.6
	4th year of residency	9	2.7
	5th year of residency	6	1.8
Year of medical training	Resident	69	20.9
	Interns	132	40.0
	Medical Student	129	39.1

Table 3

Representation of KAP scores of BLS.

		FREQUENCY	PERCENT
Knowledge	Poor	297	90.0
	Fair	28	8.5
	Good	5	1.5
	Excellent	0	0.0
	Mean (SD)	6.14 (2.25) over 13
	Median [IQR]	6.0 [4.0–8.0]
	Min–Max	2.0–12.0
Attitudes	Poor	28	8.5
	Fair	66	20.0
	Good	113	34.2
	Excellent	123	37.3
	Mean (SD)	26.01 (3.34) over 30
	Median [IQR]	27.0 [24.0–28.0]
	Min–Max	10.0–30.0
Practices	Poor	307	93.0
	Fair	12	3.6
	Good	7	2.1
	Excellent	4	1.2
	Mean (SD)	4.76 (1.78) over 10
	Median [IQR]	5.0 [4.0–6.0]
	Min–Max	0.0–10.0

[i] SD (Standard Deviation), IQR (Interquartile Range).

KAP towards BLS.
Percentage (%) of LU medical students, interns, and residents with KAP scores represented in categories (Limited/Adequate) and sub-categories (Poor/Fair/Good/Excellent).

Table 4

Results of the Spearman correlation test revealing correlations in between KAP parameters.

		KNOWLEDGE	ATTITUDE	PRACTICES
Knowledge	Pearson Correlation	1	0.147	0.546
	P.value	0.007	<0.001
	N	330	330	330
Attitude	Pearson Correlation	0.147	1	0.146
	P.value	0.007	0.008
	N	330	330	330
Practices	Pearson Correlation	0.546	0.146	1
	P.value	<0.001	0.008
	N	330	330	330

[i] Statistical correlation was assessed using Pearson correlation test; bold: statistically significant correlation set at 5%.

Table 5

Correlation Knowledge about BLS in function of demographic characteristics.

		N	MEAN	P-VALUE
Gender	Male	156	6.12	0.912
Gender	Female	174	6.15	0.912
Academic Year	4th year medical student	47	4.89	<0.001
	5th year medical student	82	5.61
	6th year medical student	75	6.75
	7th year medical student	57	6.61
	1st year of residency	26	6.42
	2nd year of residency	16	5.63
	3rd year of residency	12	6.83
	4th year of residency	9	6.78
	5th year of residency	6	8.67
Academic Year	Medical student	129	5.35	<0.001
	Interns	132	6.69
	Resident	69	6.55
Age		Pearson Correlation coefficient: 0.282 (p < 0.001)

[i] Statistical correlation was assessed using Student t-test and Pearson correlation test; bold: statistically significant correlation set at 5%.

Table 6

Correlation of attitudes towards BLS depending on demographic characteristics.

		N	MEAN	P-VALUE
Gender	Male	156	25.98	0.897
Gender	Female	174	26.03	0.897
Academic Year	4th year medical student	47	25.91	0.002
	5th year medical student	82	26.59
	6th year medical student	75	25.65
	7th year medical student	57	26.93
	1st year of residency	26	24.00
	2nd year of residency	16	24.50
	3rd year of residency	12	25.42
	4th year of residency	9	26.00
	5th year of residency	6	28.33
Academic Year	Medical student	129	26.34	0.018
	Interns	132	26.20
	Resident	69	25.00
Age		Pearson Correlation coefficient: –0.016 (p = 0.774)

[i] Statistical correlation was assessed using Student t-test and Pearson correlation test; bold: statistically significant correlation set at 5%.

Table 7

Correlation Practices of BLS in function of demographic characteristics.

		N	MEAN	P-VALUE
Gender	Male	156	4.80	0.717
Gender	Female	174	4.73	0.717
Academic Year	4th year medical student	47	3.79	<0.001
	5th year medical student	82	4.33
	6th year medical student	75	5.04
	7th year medical student	57	5.11
	1st year of residency	26	5.42
	2nd year of residency	16	4.44
	3rd year of residency	12	6.00
	4th year of residency	9	5.00
	5th year of residency	6	6.83
Academic Year	Medical student	129	4.13	<0.001
	Interns	132	5.07
	Resident	69	5.36
Age		Pearson Correlation coefficient: 0.224 (p < 0.001)

[i] Statistical correlation was assessed using Student t-test and Pearson correlation test; bold: statistically significant correlation set at 5%.

Table 8

Multiple linear regression results showing predictors of KAP among group control participants.

VARIABLES	PREDICTORS	STANDARDIZED COEFFICIENT (β)	P-VALUE	COLLINEARITY
VARIABLES	PREDICTORS	STANDARDIZED COEFFICIENT (β)	P-VALUE	TOLERANCE	VIF
Knowledge	(Constant)	0.038	0.980
	Age	0.215	0.001	0.937	1.067
	Have you received any knowledge and information regarding BLS?	0.845	0.016	0.830	1.204
	Have you received any formal (certified) training/attended any workshop regarding BLS?	0.600	0.021	0.882	1.133
Attitudes	(Constant)	22.010	0.000
	Year of medical training	1.399	0.002	0.991	1.009
	Knowledge	0.243	0.003	0.991	1.009
Practices	(Constant)	–1.379	0.169
	Age	0.153	0.000	0.950	1.053
	Knowledge	0.402	0.000	0.950	1.053

Prevalence of poor knowledge, attitude and practices among males, females, medical students, interns and residents of the LU faculty of medical sciences.

Factors affecting KAP scores about BLS in medical students, interns and residents of the LU faculty of medical sciences.

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of the Lebanese University Medical Students and Junior Doctors on Basic Life Support Practices

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