Associated factors with knowledge of basic life support in medical students from nine Peruvian universities

Christian R. Mejia; Mario B. García-Saavedra; Irwing R. Benites-Flores; Deysi D. Ordinola-Calle; Virgilio E. Failoc-Rojas; Danai Valladares-Garrido; Lincolth Talledo-Ulfe; Mario J. Valladares-Garrido; Guido Bendezú-Quispe; Rudy Fasanando-Vela; Gelsing R. Vásquez-García; Dorian Paola Chaucayanqui-Gil; Damián A. Herrera-Gonzales; Lourdes Paredes; Arolina Edith Carévalo-Oliva; Alessandra Annie Bravo-Bravo; Alaís Alvarado-Roque; Roberto Enrique Alvarado-Córdova; Dalia Jiménez-Nuñez

Associated factors with knowledge of basic life support in medical students from nine Peruvian universities

Christian R. Mejia, Mario B. García-Saavedra, Irwing R. Benites-Flores, Deysi D. Ordinola-Calle, Virgilio E. Failoc-Rojas, Danai Valladares-Garrido, Lincolth Talledo-Ulfe, Mario J. Valladares-Garrido, Guido Bendezú-Quispe, Rudy Fasanando-Vela, Gelsing R. Vásquez-García, Dorian Paola Chaucayanqui-Gil, Damián A. Herrera-Gonzales, Lourdes Paredes, Arolina Edith Carévalo-Oliva, Alessandra Annie Bravo-Bravo, Alaís Alvarado-Roque, Roberto Enrique Alvarado-Córdova, Dalia Jiménez-Nuñez

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Introduction: Basic life support (BLS) are a group of maneuvers that constitute a fundamental tool to save lives. Therefore, knowledge about BLS has to be part of the curriculum in medical schools. Objective: Evaluate the knowledge level about BLS and evaluate its associated socio-educational factors, in medical students from nine Peruvian universities. Material and methods: We carried out a cross-sectional multicenter study in 2013 and 2014. We included undergraduate medical students from nine universities in eight regions or Peru. We measured the knowledge about BLS using a validated questionnaire, which was based in American Heart Association Guidelines (2010); adequate knowledge was defined as a minimum proportion of 50% of correct answers. We estimate adjusted prevalence ratios using generalized linear models. Results: We included 1,564 students, 13% of the students had an adequate knowledge, and average score was 6.3 ± 3.2 (range: 0-16). Adequate knowledge was associated with attending semesters that belong to academic stage of clinical sciences (p = 0.02; aPR: 1.82; CI: 95%: 1.11-2.98) and having received a previous BLS course (p > 0.01; aPR: 2.96; CI: 95%: 2.18-4.01); adjusted by age, sex, having received a previous injections and first aids courses, and to manifest the desire to be trained in practical BLS. Conclusion: A low proportion of students have an adequate knowledge level about BLS in this population.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	148-155
Number of pages	8
Journal	Revista Mexicana de Cardiologia
Volume	27
Issue number	4
State	Indexed - 1 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Basic life support
Emergency medicine
Knowledge
Medical students
Peru

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Mejia, C. R., García-Saavedra, M. B., Benites-Flores, I. R., Ordinola-Calle, D. D., Failoc-Rojas, V. E., Valladares-Garrido, D., Talledo-Ulfe, L., Valladares-Garrido, M. J., Bendezú-Quispe, G., Fasanando-Vela, R., Vásquez-García, G. R., Chaucayanqui-Gil, D. P., Herrera-Gonzales, D. A., Paredes, L., Carévalo-Oliva, A. E., Bravo-Bravo, A. A., Alvarado-Roque, A., Alvarado-Córdova, R. E., & Jiménez-Nuñez, D. (2016). Associated factors with knowledge of basic life support in medical students from nine Peruvian universities. Revista Mexicana de Cardiologia, 27(4), 148-155.

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