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ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND SELF EFFICACY BEFORE AND AFTER TEACHING BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TO SCHOOLCHILDREN
Maria de Lurdes Rovisco Branquinho Pais Monteiro1, Ana Isabel Borges Ferraz1, Fernanda Maria Pereira Rodrigues1
1Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal.
Objective:
Teaching basic life support to schoolchildren is well established as one of the most effective strategies in increasing bystander CPR rates. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence concerning the Portuguese pediatric population. The present study aims to evaluate the outcome of a basic life support training session on theoretical knowledge and self-efficacy, immediately after the training and 6 months later, in a pediatric population.
Methods:
A total of 392 schoolchildren, aged seven to 12 years old, participated in this prospective longitudinal study, answering a questionnaire before, immediately after, and six months after receiving 120 minutes of resuscitation training from medical students.
Results:
There was a significant increase in the knowledge and self-efficacy after one single training session. Both decreased over a period of six months but remained significantly higher than the baseline. These results were homogeneous across classes.
Conclusions:
Medical students provided adequate basic life support training to a group of Portuguese schoolchildren, with effects in the knowledge and self-efficacy lasting for at least six months.
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