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

Table 4 Association between interventions and other variables, and three knowledge domains based on multivariable analysis (n = 250): (p-values)

		Normal labour index^a	Labour complications index^b	Neonatal complications index^c
Interventions	SBA training only	Ref	Ref	Ref
	SBA training, case sheets, no mentoring	0.043 (0.77)	0.044 (0.76)	0.119 (0.46)
	SBA training, case sheets and mentoring	1.055 (<0.01)**	1.370 (0.00)**	1.227 (<0.01)**
Monthly deliveries at facility	0–20 per month	Ref	Ref	Ref
Monthly deliveries at facility	21+ per month	−0.226 (0.06)	0.383(0.00)**	−0.270 (0.04)*
Years since basic nurse training	6+ years	Ref	Ref	Ref
Years since basic nurse training	0–5 years	−0.019 (0.85)	0.110 (0.25)	0.015 (0.88)
District	Bellary	Ref	Ref	Ref
District	Gulbarga	−0.058 (0.59)	0.021 (0.84)	0.172 (0.14)

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. Based on a linear regression using GEE analysis
^aNormal labour index included knowledge of the following items: Prematurity; all 3 aspects of active management of the third stage of labour; partograph score; and oxytocin use
^bLabour complications index included knowledge of the following items: Eclampsia signs; obstructed labour signs; maternal sepsis drugs; eclampsia drugs; and hypertension drugs
^cNeonatal complications index included knowledge of the following items: Upper and lower bounds for foetal heart rate; low birth weight management; neonatal resuscitation; and newborn sepsis drugs

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