Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation AmongHealth Professionals
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Attitude, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Healthcare Professionals, Knowledge, PracticeAbstract
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) stands as a vital life-saving technique, predominantly administered by dedicated healthcare professionals and technicians engaged in active practice or ongoing study. Literature showed different study regarding KAP (knowledge, attitude and practice) of CPR among students and professionals of medical field. This study focus the level of KAP in healthcare technicians (BS surgical technicians, MLT, dentist, radiologist and anesthetists). The objective of the study states the questionnaire development and then finding the validity and reliability. The validated questionnaire is then applied on the technicians for evaluating knowledge, attitude and practice of CPR among them. It is a descriptive comparative study. About 700 participants were enrolled according to inclusion criteria i.e. healthcare technicians. Both male and female were taken. The questionnaire was make into three domains of knowledge, attitude and practice with 14, 10 and 8 items respectively. The face, content validity and internal consistency was evaluated. The validated questionnaire was then applied to the participants for finding KAP. The mean score of each domain is calculated and interpretation was done. Content validity was evaluated with Kappa coefficient as 0.95. Further pilot testing (n=30) showed no errors in the questionnaire, the Cronbach’s Alpha Score was calculated >0.7 showing good internal consistency. The mean age of the subjects was 31.47±4.607 (n=700). Frequency of all the likert scale was found for each items in all domains. There was no significant difference found regarding the gender (p-value= < 0.05). Cut-off point was calculated as 3.4, all the mean scores were calculated for each items. The study concludes the moderate level of knowledge, attitude and practice of CPR in healthcare technicians.
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Shehzad Waqar Sethi, Pakistan
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