Analysis of Research Report
Mara Morris
Statistical Applications HCS/438
May 4, 2014
Silvio Di Gregorio

Analysis of Research Report
Introduction
The article “How much do parents know about first aid for burns” presents results of a two-month study conducted at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. The premise of the study was to verify if a relationship existed between the general knowledge of initial first-aid treatment for burns and age, gender, education, ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
The Statistical Procedures Mentioned in the Study
Pearson’s chi-squared test was used to determine if there was any correlation between genders, education level, age and first-aid knowledge. The use of logistic regression was employed so that all variables could be compared. There was found to be insufficient data collected to evaluate any relationship based on ethnicity.
The Conclusions Reached in the Study
It was concluded that people of lower socioeconomic status were less likely to have knowledge of initial first-aid treatment for burns. They were also less likely to have had any first-aid training. Persons of a higher socioeconomic status were more likely to have received first-aid education, which 40% of those stated they had received their first-aid training through their workplace. The study did not show any statistical significance for gender or age in the basic knowledge of first-aid for burns, but did show that prior first-aid training reflected better knowledge of initial care for burns.
Despite the limitation of a small sample group that was obtained from a single hospital setting, there appears to be a lack of knowledge in primary first-aid burn care, especially those of lower socioeconomic status. Davies, Maguire, Okolie, Watkins & Kemp state, “Results suggest that targeting burns first-aid training to all new parents, particularly those in