CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION: A CROSSSECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS KNOWLEDGE AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OF PUBLIC SECTOR TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS OF PESHAWAR

Authors

  • Saima Abid Department of Community Medicine, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Baber Awan Department of Community Medicine, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Naveeda Sarwar Medical Social worker Department of Community Medicine, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Ghulam Sarwar Khan Department of Community Medicine, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Ali AR Raza Syed Medical Social worker Department of Community Medicine, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar.
  • Javaid Iqbal Medical Social worker Department of Community Medicine, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v9i03.344

Keywords:

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR, Public sector tertiary care hospitals, Cross-sectional study, Health Professionals.

Abstract

Objective: To assess the knowledge and awareness of Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among health professionals of Public sector tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar.

Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study in which 400 health professionals were included through a convenient sampling technique. The data was collected from December 2017 to February 2018 from the three leading public sector tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar. The sample included willing to participate health professionals of the hospitals excluding doctors, nurses and paramedics of Emergency and Cardiology Unit. Prior approvals and consent were obtained before data collection. A standardized questionnaire to test the knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was filled by the Health Professionals. Data analysis was done through SPSS version 22.

Results: Among n=364 (91%) health professionals, 51.4% were female, and 48.6% were male. Only 45.3% health professionals were aware of the updated revised guidelines of CPR. Those who attended training in last seven years scored far better (52.4%) than rest (5.45%). While those who got training before 2005 scored the least (1.09%). A total of 65.4% passed, while 36.4% candidates failed the theoretical CPR knowledge-based test.

Conclusion: The current study found that the theoretical knowledge of CPR and its updated guidelines was below average among the health professionals of tertiary care hospitals of district Peshawar. Recent training positively affected the retention of CPR knowledge.

 

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Published

2019-09-30

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Saima Abid, Baber Awan, Naveeda Sarwar, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Ali AR Raza Syed, & Javaid Iqbal. (2019). CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION: A CROSSSECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS KNOWLEDGE AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OF PUBLIC SECTOR TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS OF PESHAWAR. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 9(03), 15–19. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v9i03.344

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 03 (2019): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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