2020 Volume 40 Pages 65-73
Aims: To evaluate a basic life support and an anaphylaxis treatment program for reducing the anxiety and acute health deterioration of faculty members at elementary schools as an anxiety alleviation program through the assessment of its implementation process and outcome.
Methods: A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was used to evaluate the scores of anxiety and knowledge of basic life support and anaphylaxis treatment before and after attending the intervention program. We developed a program comprising resuscitation from cardiac arrest, agonal respiration, and preventing an anaphylactic reaction for faculty members at elementary schools. Analysis was performed using a t-test.
Results: Valid responses were obtained from 239 participants. The participants’ anxiety scores significantly decreased after attending the intervention program from 25.7 ± 4.8 to 18.6 ± 5.6 (p = .000). The knowledge scores significantly increased from 2.7 ± 1.5 to 4.5 ± 1.0 (p = .000). The majority of the participants (72.8%) showed a high satisfaction rate and were in agreement with the expected utilization of the program.
Conclusions: The basic life support and anaphylaxis treatment program for reducing the anxiety had high utilization and satisfaction rates among the faculty members at the elementary schools evaluated, suggesting the feasibility of the program.
