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Title: | Knowledge and Attitudes on First Aid among Advanced Level Students in Gampaha Educational Zone, Sri Lanka |
Authors: | Alahakoon, P.V. Perera, P.K. Wijesundara, C. Bandaranayaka, K.O. |
Keywords: | First Aid School Students Knowledge Attitudes |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
Publisher: | Archives of Internal Medicine Research |
Citation: | Alahakoon, P.V., Perera, P.K., Wijesundara, C., and Bandaranayaka, K.O. (2022). Knowledge and Attitudes on First Aid among Advanced Level Students in Gampaha Educational Zone, Sri Lanka. Archives of Internal Medicine Research, 5(2), 172-181. https://doi.org/10.26502/aimr.0099. |
Abstract: | First aid is the initial care given in an emer-gency, to protect life and to prevent worsening of the condition of the victims, until they are undertaken by a professional medical person. This research was done to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices on first aid among advanced level students in government schools in Gampaha educational zone. A descriptive cross-sectional study using a pre-tested questionnaire was self-administered to collect the data among grade 12 students (n=510) in five randomly selected schools. Chi-square test was used to assess the associations and a p-value <0.05 was considered as significant. Student’s mean first aid knowledge was 57.4±13.5 while 1% (n=5) were categorized as having “inadequate knowledge”, 30.6% (n=156), 61.4% (n=313) and 7.1% (n=36) were having “moderate”, “good” and “excellent” knowledge respectively. Only 16.9% (n=86) of the students were previously trained in first aid. Positive attitudes towards first aid were found and 98.8% students (n=504) believed it is essential to have first aid knowledge. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.26502/aimr.0099 http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/7333 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Ayurveda Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics and Community Medicine |
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