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Table 3 Mean Perceived PFA Skills Confidence Scores on Respective First Aid Procedures (1 = very low, 5 = very high, N = 102)

From: Impact of a postcrash first aid educational program on knowledge, perceived skills confidence, and skills utilization among traffic police officers: a single-arm before-after intervention study

 

Before training

Immediately after training

Six months after training

T0-T1

T0-T2

Skill items

(T0) mean (SD)

(T1) mean (SD)

(T2) mean (SD)

*p value

* p value

Open airway

1.53 (0.84)

4.56 (0.70)

3.80 (0.83)

0 .001

0.001

Assess breathing

1.91 (1.0)

4.70 (0.48)

3.76 (0.94)

0 .001

0.001

Control external bleeding

2.42 (1.37)

3.95 (0.22)

3.75 (0.81)

0 .001

0.001

Care of fractures

2.54 (1.33)

3.96 (0.30)

3.82 (0.80)

0 .001

0.001

Recovery position

1.85 (1.20)

3.95 (0.22)

3.80 (0.78)

0.001

0.001

Head & neck immobilization

1.51 (0.91)

3.87 (0.41)

3.75 (1.0)

0 .001

0.001

  1. *P< 0.001, statistically significant at P< 0.05