Knowledge and Practice Towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation among Nursing Students of Nursing Schools in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia,2023.
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2023
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Background: - Cardiac arrest is leading cause of death all over the world. Studies have
showed that prompt delivery of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation as an important predictor of
survival. Knowledge and, practice to simple Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation techniques
ensure the survival of the patient till experienced medical help arrives. However, knowledge
and skills gap among health care professionals about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is a
global problem. However little known Knowledge and Practice level of health care
professionals and take appropriate intervention for gaps identified.
Objectives: To assess the knowledge and practice level towards Cardio-pulmonary
Resuscitation among nursing students at nursing schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022.
Methods:-Institutional based cross-sectional study design and systematic random sampling
technique was employed to recruit 417 study participants. Structured and pretested
questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 26. Descriptive
statistic was used to summarize Socio-demographic and health related factors. Odds ratio was
used to identify factor associated with the outcome variable and statically significant was
declared at P-value < 0.05.
Results: The study included 395 students were participated in this study. More than one third
(37.7%) of the respondents had good knowledge, while one third (33%) of the respondents
had good practice towards Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation. The mean age was 25.33±3.99.
Further, female gender (AOR: 1.92, 95% CI: 1.260-2.949 P 0.002), Addis Ababa residence
(AOR: 1.73, 95% CI: 1.159-2.730P 0.008), the school from where the students recruited
(AOR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.029-2.391,P 0.037 ), employed students (AOR=1.6; 95% CI (1.045-
2.457,P 0.031) were found statistically significantly associated with knowledge level of the
study respondents while only formal training (AOR: 4.67, 95% CI: 2.093-10.426, P 0.000)
was found statistically significantly associated with practice level of the study respondents.
Conclusion and recommendation: Despite their importance’s to reverse sudden death
occasions, significant proportion of the study respondents were found with deficient level of
knowledge and practice towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Gender, occupation,
residence, type of school and being employed were found statistically significantly associated
with knowledge level of the study participants while formal training was the only variable
statistically significantly associated with practice level of study respondents. Therefore, the
policy maker, researcher, nursing schools should develop effective intervention mechanism to
reverse the low level of knowledge and practice towards Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.