A Study of Comparing Medical University Students and Non-Medical University Students'' Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior of CPR

• Main Authors: Chieh-Kuan Hsu, 徐傑冠
• Other Authors: Ying-Chun Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/pdhn8u

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 企業管理學系醫務管理碩士班 === 106 === Notwithstanding the fact that cardiopulmonary resuscitation, also known as CPR, has being refined and promoted due to its extraordinary importance, the knowledge-practice separation still remains a long-standing unsolved problem. Thus, based on the knowledge, attitude, behavior model (KAB model), this study divides objects into medical students and non-medical students by their educational background, aiming to dissect the similarities and differences of CPR knowledge, belief, and practice between the two groups. The study follows the structured questionnaire method by using Surveycake, an online survey service provider. With the use of purposive sampling on two student communities in Chung Shan Medical University (CSMU) and National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), the researcher distributed questionnaires in these two universities’ closed Facebook groups respectively. Finally, 680 samplings in total has been collected, which includes 22 invalid responses and 658 valid ones, and the statistical data analysis has also been performed by utilizing SPSS 24.0. According to the obtained chi-squared test data, no significant difference in “whether the participant has ever accepted any related CPR training program” and “whether the participant has any relevant CPR certification” has been observed between the two student groups regarding their CPR training experience. On the other hand, multiple regression analysis on knowledge, attitude, behavior of students from the two universities has given the results that medical students outscore non-medical students significantly in knowledge (p=0.005), but no significant difference has been found in attitude and behavior. In terms of other variables which have significant influence on behavior scores, males score significantly higher than females (p<0.001), participants with relevant CPR certifications score higher than those without certifications (p=0.001), and those who have performed CPR in reality also score higher than those who have not (p=0.042). In the end, targeting the KAB models of the two universities, hierarchical regression analysis has been carried out to examine mediation effects. The results have indicated that the attitude of non-medical students has full mediation effects between their knowledge and behavior, while the attitude of medical students has partial mediation effects between their knowledge and behavior. Therefore, the study suggests that both giving females more encouragement and guidance and requesting more for relevant certifications can increase undergraduates’ behavior intentions to get CPR certifications; as for medical students, the training should center on knowledge and attitude to raise their behavior intentions, while for non-medical students, besides knowledge training, the education and elevation of attitude should be highly focused on to increase their behavior intentions.