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

Table 6 Comparison of number of positive responses^a between CC + PMV and CC^b

If the victim is	CC + PMV	CC	P value
A family member	202 (99.5%)	202 (99.5%)	1.0
A close friend	202 (99.5%)	201 (99.0%)	> 0.95
A stranger of different gender	189 (93.1%)	193 (95.1%)	0.424
A stranger of different race	187 (92.1%)	192 (94.6%)	0.359
A stranger of different gender and race	177 (87.2%)	192 (94.6%)	0.004
A stranger sustaining facial trauma	141 (69.5%)	181 (89.2%)	< 0.001
A stranger who is a child	195 (96.1%)	196 (96.6%)	> 0.95
A stranger who is elderly	183 (90.1%)	190 (93.6%)	0.143
An unkempt stranger	103 (50.7%)	162 (79.8%)	< 0.001
A person with whom you have a personal dispute	167 (82.3%)	187 (92.1%)	< 0.001

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

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