Mi-Young Chon

College students’ attitudes, knowledge, and Self-Efficacy toward cardiopulmonary resuscitation

The aim of this research was to investigate college students’ attitudes, knowledge, and self-efficacy toward performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and to identify the necessity of CPR training in Korean colleges. As a retrospective cross-sectional study, this questionnaire-based study assessed the attitudes of a convenience sample consisting of 320 college students. Data was collected over the month of August, 2017. Following collection of the data, a descriptive analysis was performed to evaluate results. Statistical analysis was conducted to test for statistical significance using the independent t-test, two-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. The mean score of subjects’ overall attitudes toward CPR was 40.80 (range 11∼55). The subjects’ average prior knowledge of CPR was 12.61, with 22 as the highest score. The subjects’ mean self-efficacy of CPR was 66.97 (range 0∼120). It was manifested that there were significant correlations between the subjects’ attitude and knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy, and knowledge and self-efficacy toward CPR. Factors affecting college students’ self-efficacy of CPR were gender, major, experience with CPR education, attitudes toward CPR and toward CPR. Consideration of certain factors like gender characteristics and education will contribute to increasing positive attitudes toward CPR and consequently will increase the self-efficacy of CPR.