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Table 3 Results of the regression analysis of 7273 VFR activations, with the variables of community first responders experience, arrival with an AED, the year of the emergency, time of day, season of the year and if it happened in Rudkoebing or not. The variables for the year of 2012, spare time and spring were omitted in the regression analysis

From: The association between the experience of lay responders and response interval to medical emergencies in a rural area: an observational study

CFR response interval in seconds

Coef

95% Conf. Interval

P-Value

Experience of CFR

-0.61

-0.79

-0.43

0.00*

Bringing an AED

19.85

4.40

35.31

0.01*

Year of 2012

Omitted

   

Year of 2013

-33.80

-66.22

-1.38

0.04*

Year of 2014

-25.96

-57.97

6.04

0.11

Year of 2015

22.44

-9.98

54.86

0.18

Year of 2016

65.40

33.59

97.20

0.00*

Year of 2017

21.47

-13.36

56.30

0.23

Spare time

Omitted

   

Work time

3.95

-12.42

20.32

0.64

Night time

104.93

84.68

125.19

0.00*

Spring

Omitted

   

Summer

25.07

4.61

45.52

0.02*

Fall

15.90

-4.95

36.74

0.14

Winter

6.73

-14.76

28.22

0.54

Town of Rudkoebing

-33.75

-49.64

-17.86

0.00*

Constant

375.64

344.20

407.08

0.00*

  1. * An asterisk represents significant results with a p-value of less than 0.05