Table 2 Participants’ knowledge of BLS

Overall

103(29.3)

248(70.7)

42.3(12.4)

Age

0.045

  >25 years

30(38.5)

48(61.5)

46.0(12.0)

  ≤25 years

73(26.7)

200(73.3)

41.2(12.4)

Sex

0.541

  Female

32(31.7)

69(68.3)

42.5(12.6)

  Male

71(28.4)

179(71.6)

42.2(12.4)

University ownership

0.650

  Private Universities

8(25.8)

23(74.2)

41.8(10.2)

  Public Universities

95(29.7)

225(70.3)

42.3(12.6)

Study program

0.065

  MBChB

94(31.2)

207(68.8)

42.9(12.4)

  Others

9(18.0)

41(82.0)

38.4(12.1)

Level of academic progress

0.001

  Clinical stage

85(34.6)

161(65.4)

43.6(12.5)

  Preclinical stage

18(17.1)

87(82.9)

39.2(11.7)

Prior BLS training

0.033

  No

50(24.9)

151(75.1)

40.4(11.9)

  Yes

53(35.3)

97(64.7)

44.7(12.7)