Determinants of Basic Life Support (BLS) Among UndergraduateStudents of University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.71637/tnhj.v25i1.890Keywords:
Basic Life Support, BLS, Determinants, Undergraduate students, University of Port HarcourtAbstract
Background: The rising incident of deaths following cardiorespiratory arrest are an increasing concern globally, adequate
knowledge, positive attitude, and good practice of BLS are capable of reducing mortalities when such events occur. BLS
is a set of life-saving procedures used to keep a person alive after a cardiorespiratory arrest. This study revealed the
determinants of BLS among undergraduate students at the University of Port Harcourt.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study design with multi-stage sampling technique was employed, and an online self-
administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 494 undergraduate students. Data was analyzed using IBM
Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 27. Data were summarized using means, frequency, proportions,
Chi-square and regression analysis, p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered significant.
Result: The result showed that age group, gender, and department of participants were significant determinants of BLS
among the study participants. Attitude was seen to be a statistically significant determinant of BLS (df=2; x 2=14.665; p-
value=0.001). It also showed that age group is a significant determinant of BLS (df=6; x 2=29.590; p-value=0.0001), gender
a significant determinant of BLS (df=2; x2=18.574; p-value=0.000) and departments were all statistically significant
determinants of BLS among undergraduate students of University of Port Harcourt.
Conclusion: Comprehensive strategic plan needs to be put in place in the institution to ensure training and re-training of
the students on BLS irrespective of their ages, gender, department and faculty as this will further increase their attitude
towards BLS.
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