Table 1 Demographic, professional and personal characteristics of the study population, as a whole and per country
From: Culture and personal influences on cardiopulmonary resuscitation- results of international survey
Characteristic | Category | Israel n (%a) | Indonesia n (%a) | Mexico n (%a) | Total n (%a) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 131 (65.5%) | 186 (63.9%) | 67 (59.8%) | 384 (63.7%) | 0.602 |
Religion | Jewish | 162 (83.1%) | 0 | 0 | 162 (26.9%) | N/A |
Muslim | 16 (8.2%) | 173 (58.8%) | 0 | 189 (31.4%) | ||
Christian | 8 (4.1%) | 95 (32.3%) | 106 (93.8%) | 209 (34.7%) | ||
Other | 9 (4.6%) | 26 (8.8%) | 7 (6.2%) | 42 (7.0%) | ||
Degree of religiosity | Secular | 132 (65.3%) | 176 (60.3%) | 60 (53.6%) | 368 (60.7%) | 0.222 |
Observant | 35 (17.3%) | 48 (16.4%) | 25 (22.3%) | 108 (17.8%) | ||
Religious/orthodox | 35 (17.3%) | 68 (23.3%) | 27 (24.1%) | 130 (21.5%) | ||
Parental status | Not a parent | 38 (18.9%) | 42 (14.4%) | 24 (21.4) | 104 (17.2%) | 0.185 |
Has children | 163 (81.1%) | 249 (85.6%) | 88 (78.6%) | 500 (82.8%) | ||
Medical specialty | Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency medicine | 110 (54.7%) | 178 (61.2%) | 79 (71.8%) | 367 (61.0%) | 0.006 |
Otherb | 91 (45.3%) | 113 (38.8%) | 31 (28.2%) | 235 (39.0%) | ||
Time of last ACLS course | Never or more than 2 years | 140 (69.0%) | 201 (68.0%) | 53 (47.3%) | 394 (64.9%) | <  0.001 |
Less than 2 years | 63 (31.0%) | 91 (31.2%) | 59 (52.7%) | 213 (35.1%) | ||
Prefer to avoid risks | Disagree | 52 (26.1%) | 79 (27.1%) | 45 (40.2%) | 176 (29.2%) | 0.042 |
Agree or don’t know | 147 (73.9%) | 213 (72.9%) | 67 (59.8%) | 427 (70.8%) | ||
Continuous variables | Israel Med (IQR, min-max) | Indonesia Med (IQR, min-max) | Mexico Med (IQR, min-max) | Total Med (IQR, min-max) | p value | Â |
Age (years) | 40 (16, 26–69) | 39 (17, 26–78) | 37 (16, 25–78) | 39 (17, 25–78) | 0.955 |  |
Years practicing medicine | 13 (18, 1–44) | 11 (17, 1–44) | 11 (17, 2–44) | 12 (18, 1–44) | 0.619 |  |
Years practicing emergency medicine | 3 (11, 0–32) | 3 (9, 0–32) | 2 (3, 0–32) | 3 (9, 0–32) | 0.092 |  |
Knowledge score (Scale 1–5) | 2 (1, 1–5) | 2 (1, 1–5) | 3 (1, 1–4) | 2 (1, 1–5) | 0.979 |  |
Patient oriented assessment of the preference for sanctity vs. quality of life1 (Scale 1–5) | 3 (2, 1–5) | 3 (2, 1–5) | 3 (3, 1–5) | 3 (2,1–5) | 0.005 |  |
Self-assessment of the preference for sanctity vs. quality of life1 (Scale 1–5) | 3 (1, 1–5) | 3 (2, 1–5) | 5 (1, 2–5) | 4 (1, 1–5) | < 0.001 |  |