Reasons | CO-CPR (%) | S-CPR (%) | ||||
All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | |
Lack of confidence | 26.6 | 23.3 | 29.0† | 28.7 | 24.8 | 31.5† |
Fear of harming the victim | 23.4 | 20.9 | 25.3† | 21.5 | 17.6 | 24.4† |
Fear of causing trouble (legal trouble) | 20.7 | 23.8 | 18.4† | 20.6 | 23.9 | 18.2† |
Fear of disease transmission | 7.7 | 9.0 | 6.8† | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 |
*p<0.05.
†**p<0.01, the χ2 test were between the gender groups.
CO-CPR, chest compression-only CPR; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; S-CPR, standard CPR.