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Table 4 Relationship between EMTs’ individual- social characteristics and their attitudes towards FPDR

From: The relationship between self-confidence and attitude of emergency medical technicians towards family presence during resuscitation

Variable

Category

Univariate Linear Regression

Multivariate Linear Regression

β (95% CI)

P

β (95% CI)

P

Work experience in EMS

  
 

< 1 year

1.25 (-15.20, 17.70)

0.881

-1.83 (-25.21, 21.55)

0.878

1–5 years

0.16 (-11.62, 11.94)

0.979

-2.44 (-16.81, 11.93)

0.738

6–10 years

-1.66 (-12.90, 9.57)

0.771

-3.71 (-16.65, 9.23)

0.572

11–20 years

0.62 (-10.40, 11.63)

0.912

-6.48 (-17.63, 4.68)

0.254

> 20 years

Reference

Reference

Workplace (City)

  
 

Tabriz

-2.46 (-7.43, 2.50)

0.329

-7.17 (-13.28, -1.06)

0.022*

 

Other Towns

Reference

Reference

ALS Training

    
 

Yes

13.34 (3.58, 23.11)

0.008*

0.53 (-9.89, 10.95)

0.920

No

Reference

Reference

Liability Insurance

  
 

Yes

1.15 (-4.63, 6.94)

0.695

-1.33 (-7.00, 4.34)

0.644

No

Reference

Reference

Number of patients’ family members present at resuscitation scenes

   
 

1 to 2 people

17.46 (0.74, 26.43)

0.002*

0.66 (-10.27, 12.03)

0.909

3 to 4 people

13.24 (1.56, 22.61)

0.006*

-3.21 (-13.77, 7.08)

0.539

5 to 6 people

-7.76 (-22.96, 7.61)

0.315

-13.16 (-28.32, 2.00)

0.089

> 6 people

Reference

Reference

Self-Confidence

0.64 (0.51, 0.77)

< 0.001*

0.71 (0.54, 0.88)

< 0.001*