Factors influencing paramedics’ and emergency medical technicians’ level of knowledge about the 2015 basic life support guidelines

Table 2 Multivariable analysis of the number of correct responses with regard to characteristics of study population (Backward stepwise, step 3)

	b	S(b)	T	p	CI for b
	b	S(b)	T	p	Lower limit	Upper limit
Fixed	12.86	.26	49.92	< 0.01	12.35	13.37
Defibrillation/cardioversion during CPR (ref: No application)
Presence of application	.41	.20	2.02	0.045	.01	.81
CPR training period (ref: before 2015)
After 2015	.58	.22	2.69	< 0.01	.16	1.01
Most recent participation in course/seminar (ref: within the last 12 months)
In the last 3 months	1.03	.46	2.26	0.025	.13	1.92

B, Regression Coefficient; S(b), Standard error of regression coefficient; CI Confidence Interval; R², .08; CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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