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Table 5 Comparison of number of positive responsesa between CC + PMV and CCb

From: The willingness of final year medical and dental students to perform bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an Asian community

If the victim is

CC + MMV

CC

P value

A family member

201 (99.0%)

202 (99.5%)

1.0

A close friend

186 (91.6%)

201 (99.0%)

< 0.001

A stranger of different gender

91 (44.8%)

193 (95.1%)

< 0.001

A stranger of different race

104 (51.2%)

192 (94.6%)

< 0.001

A stranger of different gender and race

76 (37.4%)

192 (94.6%)

< 0.001

A stranger sustaining facial trauma

34 (16.7%)

181 (89.2%)

< 0.001

A stranger who is a child

149 (73.4%)

196 (96.6%)

< 0.001

A stranger who is elderly

108 (53.2%)

190 (93.6%)

< 0.001

An unkempt stranger

13 (6.4%)

162 (79.8%)

< 0.001

A person with whom you have a personal dispute

108 (53.2%)

187 (92.1%)

< 0.001

  1. aPositive responses are recoded from the variables “definitely yes” and “probably yes”
  2. bThe McNemar test was used for the analysis of these two dependent categorical variables
  3. CC + MMV chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth ventilation, CC chest compressions only