Variables influencing community cardiopulmonary resuscitation course participation
Mulkerin, Patrick Owen
This study investigated variables influencing community cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) course participation. Fifty-one adults, 18 male and 33 female,
participated in a descriptive study. A treatment groupof25 attended a free CPR class. A
comparison group of26 did not attend the class. All subjects completed four
questionnaires testing demographic characteristics, beliefs, experience, and intrinsic
motivation to perform CPR. The only significant difference between treatment and
comparison groups was that females were more likely to attend than males ( p ~ .05 ).
Intrinsic motivation measured by the Health Self Determinism Index ( HSDI) failed to
separate treatment and comparison groups. Motivation may be less important in
participation in CPR training than more personal variables, or the HSDI may not be
adequate to test feelings about learning CPR. In future research, increased sample size
from more diverse populations may yield more useful information.
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