Abstract
Objective: The research objective was to analyze the effect of providing material about Basic Life Support (BLS) on increasing the knowledge of coaches. Methods: This study was an experimental study with one group pretest and posttest design. Subjects of the study were 10 male coaches from Aceh Province, aged 22-32 years, from 5 different types of sport, namely Rugby, athletics, Taekwondo, Archery, and Karate. Data analysis used descriptive analysis, chi-square (p<0.05), and paired sample t-test (p<0.05). The results showed that the average age was 26.7 years. 30% of the subjects had a high school degree, 50% of the subjects had undergraduate degree, and 20% of the subjects had a Master degree. The level of coach's knowledge about BLS increased by 40.37% after receiving material about BLS. The knowledge level of the coaches was different before and after receiving education about BLS (56.67 and 79.55; p = 0.001). It was also related to the level of education (x2 = 0.007*). Conclusions: The level of the coach's knowledge about BLS is related to education level. The coaches with undergraduate degree had better knowledge than others. The study concludes that providing BLS materials could effectively improve the knowledge level of the coaches from Aceh province.
Highlights
Sudden death due to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) often occurs in athletes while training and competing, which is the etiology is unclear [1]
The results showed that the knowledge level of coaches was 38.89 before Basic Life Support (BLS) teaching was conducted, while the highest was 66.66 that is equivalent to the moderate category
This study found that 50% of the coaches had a knowledge level with poor-category before receiving the explanation of BLS material
Summary
Sudden death due to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) often occurs in athletes while training and competing, which is the etiology is unclear [1]. Knowledge of BLS should be possessed by health professionals and other related professions, including families at high risk of cardiac arrest, undergraduate students from sports science, sports teachers, and coaches [7,8,9]. The coach is the person closest to the athlete, so the coach's knowledge of BLS will help in handling athletes during emergency conditions due to sports injuries [1,10]. It will help impact mortality and morbidity from sports injuries [1]. The risk of injury of athletes increases because of the high
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