AIM: To investigate knowledge about and attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and to determine whether written information about CPR alters knowledge and choices made. DESIGN: Questionnaire-based survey before and immediately after provision of written information describing CPR and its risks and benefits. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: All health professionals (803) and competent inpatients (260) in a tertiary care hospital (John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) in June 1994. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: CPR knowledge scores and choice scores (number of hypothetical clinical scenarios in which CPR would be chosen) before and after provision of information about CPR. RESULTS: Response rates were 64% (health professionals) and 58% (patients). Patients had limited awareness of procedures involved in CPR, while both patients and health professionals overestimated its success rates. Mean knowledge scores increased after provision of information: for patients, from 6.4 out of 18 (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.0-6.9) to 10.4 (95% CI, 9.9-11.1); and for health professionals, from 11.9 (95% CI, 11.7-12.1) to 13.9 (95% CI, 13.7-14.2). In contrast, mean choice scores decreased after provision of information: for patients, from 5.3 out of 12 (95% CI, 4.7-5.7) to 4.4 (95% CI, 3.9-4.8); and for health professionals, from 4.1 (95% CI, 3.9-4.2) to 3.5 (95% CI, 3.3-3.7). CONCLUSION: Our results imply that people understand and use prognostic information to make decisions about CPR. To make autonomous judgements, patients and health professionals need better education on CPR outcomes.
AIM: To investigate knowledge about and attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and to determine whether written information about CPR alters knowledge and choices made. DESIGN: Questionnaire-based survey before and immediately after provision of written information describing CPR and its risks and benefits. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: All health professionals (803) and competent inpatients (260) in a tertiary care hospital (John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) in June 1994. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: CPR knowledge scores and choice scores (number of hypothetical clinical scenarios in which CPR would be chosen) before and after provision of information about CPR. RESULTS: Response rates were 64% (health professionals) and 58% (patients). Patients had limited awareness of procedures involved in CPR, while both patients and health professionals overestimated its success rates. Mean knowledge scores increased after provision of information: for patients, from 6.4 out of 18 (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.0-6.9) to 10.4 (95% CI, 9.9-11.1); and for health professionals, from 11.9 (95% CI, 11.7-12.1) to 13.9 (95% CI, 13.7-14.2). In contrast, mean choice scores decreased after provision of information: for patients, from 5.3 out of 12 (95% CI, 4.7-5.7) to 4.4 (95% CI, 3.9-4.8); and for health professionals, from 4.1 (95% CI, 3.9-4.2) to 3.5 (95% CI, 3.3-3.7). CONCLUSION: Our results imply that people understand and use prognostic information to make decisions about CPR. To make autonomous judgements, patients and health professionals need better education on CPR outcomes.
Authors: Nwamaka D Eneanya; Kabir Olaniran; Dihua Xu; Katherine Waite; Stanley Crittenden; D Bora Hazar; Angelo E Volandes; Jennifer S Temel; Ravi Thadhani; Michael K Paasche-Orlow Journal: J Health Care Poor Underserved Date: 2018
Authors: Michael E Wilson; Abbasali Akhoundi; Artur K Krupa; Richard F Hinds; John M Litell; Ognjen Gajic; Kianoush Kashani Journal: BMC Anesthesiol Date: 2014-03-08 Impact factor: 2.217