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Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge regarding the basic life support (BLS) and attitudes related to BLS training and to identify the factors affecting these among medical students in Oman. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was...

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Autores principales: Albadi, Sheikha, Al-Hadi, Hafidh, Nadar, Sunil K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7482346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32963449
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23475
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Al-Hadi, Hafidh
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description BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge regarding the basic life support (BLS) and attitudes related to BLS training and to identify the factors affecting these among medical students in Oman. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was carried out during the period July 2017 to February 2018 at Medical College of Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. Validated questionnaires in English were distributed among undergraduate medical students from 1st to 7th years. RESULTS: A total of 304 medical students completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 82.7%. The mean knowledge score of the participants was slightly high (5.5 ± 2.1) and median score of 5. About 53.6% of the participants had insufficient knowledge level. The scores increased with increase in the year of training. More than half (64.5%) of the participants had no previous BLS training. Students who attended previous BLS training showed higher knowledge scores (p < 0.001). Majority of the participants (97.4%) supported including of BLS in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Majority of the students (74%) were not reluctant to perform BLS on a stranger, although there was some reluctance among the female students. CONCLUSION: Our findings show that medical students in Oman had insufficient knowledge about BLS. However, they showed positive attitudes toward BLS training and were not reluctant to provide BLS to a stranger if required. These highlights the importance to provide sufficient BLS training for medical students early in their course. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Albadi S, Al-Hadi H, Nadar SK. Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(7):599–600.
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spelling pubmed-74823462020-09-21 Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman Albadi, Sheikha Al-Hadi, Hafidh Nadar, Sunil K Indian J Crit Care Med Letter to the Editor BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge regarding the basic life support (BLS) and attitudes related to BLS training and to identify the factors affecting these among medical students in Oman. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was carried out during the period July 2017 to February 2018 at Medical College of Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. Validated questionnaires in English were distributed among undergraduate medical students from 1st to 7th years. RESULTS: A total of 304 medical students completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 82.7%. The mean knowledge score of the participants was slightly high (5.5 ± 2.1) and median score of 5. About 53.6% of the participants had insufficient knowledge level. The scores increased with increase in the year of training. More than half (64.5%) of the participants had no previous BLS training. Students who attended previous BLS training showed higher knowledge scores (p < 0.001). Majority of the participants (97.4%) supported including of BLS in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Majority of the students (74%) were not reluctant to perform BLS on a stranger, although there was some reluctance among the female students. CONCLUSION: Our findings show that medical students in Oman had insufficient knowledge about BLS. However, they showed positive attitudes toward BLS training and were not reluctant to provide BLS to a stranger if required. These highlights the importance to provide sufficient BLS training for medical students early in their course. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Albadi S, Al-Hadi H, Nadar SK. Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(7):599–600. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2020-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7482346/ /pubmed/32963449 http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23475 Text en Copyright © 2020; Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd. © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and non-commercial reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Nadar, Sunil K
Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman
title Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman
title_full Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman
title_fullStr Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman
title_short Knowledge and Attitudes toward Basic Life Support among Medical Students in Oman
title_sort knowledge and attitudes toward basic life support among medical students in oman
topic Letter to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7482346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32963449
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23475
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