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Table 1 Staff knowledge of essential aspects of maternal and neonatal care, comparing those from intervention and control sites, Karnataka, India, 2012 and 2013

From: Improving the knowledge of labour and delivery nurses in India: a randomized controlled trial of mentoring and case sheets in primary care centres

 

Baseline, 2012 (n = 295)

Post intervention, 2013 (n = 273)

Control (%)

(n = 154)

Intervention (%)

(n = 141)

Control (%)

(n = 137)

Intervention (%)

(n = 136)

Can define prematurity correctly

4.3

4.3

21.9Ç‚

46.3Ç‚*

3 aspects of AMTSL correct

9.1

6.4

35.8Ç‚

82.4Ç‚*

Partograph score >16/23 questions correct

0

0

34.3Ç‚

74.3Ç‚*

AMTSL drug correct

69.5

68.8

87.6Ç‚

95.6Ç‚*

3 signs of eclampsia correct

1.9

1.4

16.8Ç‚

47.8Ç‚*

3 main signs of obstructed labour correct

0

0

8.8Ç‚

28.7Ç‚*

All 3 maternal sepsis drugs correct

0.6

2.1

10.9Ç‚

73.5Ç‚*

Eclampsia drug correct

75.3

77.3

86.1Ç‚

94.9Ç‚*

Hypertension drugs correct

57.1

55.3

76.6Ç‚

83.1Ç‚

FHR distress upper and lower ranges correct

16.2

11.3

37.2Ç‚

65.4Ç‚*

3 main aspects of LBW management correct

9.1

14.9

40.9Ç‚

58.1Ç‚*

All 4 aspects of neonatal resuscitation correct

2.6

2.1

11.7Ç‚

48.5Ç‚*

2 neonate sepsis drugs correct

4.5

2.9

3.6

44.9Ç‚*

  1. ǂ Difference between control sites in 2012 and 2013 and between intervention sites in 2012 and 2103 (p < 0.05)
  2. *Difference between intervention and control sites in 2012 and between intervention and control sites 2013 (p < 0.05)