Effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for Mozambican nursing students in a low-resource setting: An intervention study.

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Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-Ro, Dongjak-Gu 06974, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:

Published: April 2020

Background: There is an increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Africa. Nurses' ability to undertake cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can significantly impact the survival of patients who experience cardiac arrest.

Objectives: We aimed to identify the effects of CPR training among Registered Nurse-Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) students in Mozambique.

Design: A one-group pretest-posttest repeated-measures quasi-experimental design.

Setting: Auditorium of a general hospital and 2 Anne manikins, but no automatic external defibrillator.

Participants: Thirty-two RN-BSN students.

Methods: Students' attitudes and self-efficacy on CPR were measured by self-reported questionnaires three times (before, immediately after, and 20 weeks post intervention). Data were analyzed by the paired t-test and repeated-measures analysis of variance.

Results: Attitude and self-efficacy scores of students on CPR significantly increased immediately after CPR training, but decreased 20 weeks after the intervention (p < .001). Sociodemographic characteristics did not significantly differ throughout the measurements of attitude or self-efficacy.

Conclusions: CPR manikin training positively affected attitude and self-efficacy in CPR among RN-BSN nursing students immediately, but not at 20 weeks, after the training. There is a need for research to repeatedly quantify parameters in a controlled study at different intervals and develop an instructor-training course customized to Mozambique.

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