Variable | All | Untrained | 18 monthsa | 24 monthsb | 36 monthsc | p-value |
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n (%) | 1000 | 290 (29.0) | 237 (23.7) | 267 (26.7) | 206 (20.6) | |
Number of participants with a mean score ≤ 50, n (%) | 572 (57.2) | 120 (41.4) | 161 (67.9) | 171 (64.0) | 120 (58.3) | < 0.0001 |
Mean score, x̅ (SD) | 50.7 (16.6) | 43.7 (16.2) | 54.8 (16.3) | 53.9 (15.7) | 51.7 (15.6) | 0.0001d |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 54.7 (16.1) | 46.9 (15.7) | 58.7 (14.9) | 59.9 (15.1) | 52.1 (15.3) | |
Female | 49.4 (16.6) | 42.9 (16.3) | 53.7 (16.5) | 51.5 (15.3) | 51.6 (15.8) | 0.0001e |
Marital status | ||||||
Married/Cohabitating | 52.0 (16.0) | 43.2 (15.3) | 55.9 (15.8) | 55.5 (14.9) | 53.5 (14.3) | |
Single | 48.9 (17.3) | 44.7 (17.0) | 52.9 (17.3) | 51.2 (16.4) | 48.9 (17.6) | |
Divorced | 43.0 (24.0) | 20.0 (28.3) | 60.0 (−-) | 45.0 (23.4) | 60.0 (−-) | |
Widow (er) | 51.3 (14.5) | 45.0 (14.9) | 54.0 (13.2) | 55.6 (13.6) | 46.3 (15.8) | 0.0171 |
Age category | ||||||
20–29 | 48.4 (16.9) | 43.7 (17.3) | 56.9 (13.4) | 47.6 (13.1) | 54.6 (21.5) | |
30–39 | 51.3 (16.4) | 45.3 (15.6) | 54.7 (17.2) | 55.4 (15.3) | 51.2 (15.5) | |
40–49 | 52.1 (17.4) | 41.4 (15.1) | 55.1 (17.3) | 55.3 (17.8) | 52.4 (15.7) | |
≥50 | 50.2 (14.4) | 38.9 (15.4) | 48.7 (15.3) | 54.1 (13.3) | 50.5 (13.0) | 0.5360 |
Type of HF | ||||||
Public | 52.2 (17.1) | 45.1 (16.6) | 55.9 (17.3) | 57.0 (15.8) | 53.1 (15.9) | |
Private | 48.0 (16.0) | 40.2 (14.9) | 55.7 (14.5) | 48.5 (16.4) | 47.5 (13.9) | |
Faith-Based | 48.4 (14.5) | 41.4 (15.3) | 49.5 (14.1) | 50.7 (12.4) | 50.3 (15.8) | 0.0004 |
Category of HF | ||||||
Level 1 (High) | 47.7 (17.3) | 41.4 (16.1) | 51.5 (18.2) | 50.7 (17.2) | 47.9 (16.9) | |
Level 2 (Medium) | 52.7 (17.4) | 45.2 (17.6) | 58.2 (16.9) | 56.5 (16.7) | 53.5 (14.4) | |
Level 3 (lowest) | 49.8 (15.6) | 42.8 (14.8) | 53.0 (15.0) | 52.5 (14.4) | 51.5 (16.1) | 0.0009 |
Employment status | ||||||
Permanent | 52.1 (16.4) | 44.7 (16.1) | 55.6 (16.1) | 54.9 (15.4) | 52.2 (15.8) | |
Intern | 45.7 (17.6) | 40.0 (16.3) | 53.0 (17.5) | 54.2 (15.6) | 47.8 (18.9) | |
Temporary | 46.0 (15.7) | 44.2 (16.3) | 49.8 (16.3) | 44.7 (15.5) | 49.0 (13.3) | 0.0055 |
Grade | ||||||
Specialists | 51.9 (15.6) | 47.1 (15.3) | 52.4 (15.7) | 53.6 (15.6) | 55.0 (15.3) | |
General Practitioners (GP) | 50.9 (18.5) | 40.2 (15.2) | 58.7 (20.3) | 59.8 (15.4) | 40.6 (11.6) | |
Registered nurses | 54.9 (14.8) | 48.0 (11.0) | 59.7 (14.9) | 56.7 (15.4) | 54.4 (14.8) | |
Midwives | 53.5 (17.2) | 51.6 (19.4) | 53.9 (18.4) | 54.1 (16.3) | 53.9 (16.1) | |
Nurse-aids | 46.7 (16.5) | 39.7 (16.4) | 52.4 (15.9) | 50.9 (14.0) | 51.3 (14.5) | |
Medical technicians | 47.2 (16.9) | 41.3 (16.4) | 55.2 (15.3) | 48.9 (16.6) | 42.9 (16.1) | 0.0071 |
Location | ||||||
Urban | 50.1 (16.6) | 42.8 (15.6) | 54.2 (16.8) | 53.4 (16.3) | 50.7 (15.2) | |
Semi-urban | 49.5 (17.1) | 42.7 (18.2) | 54.8 (14.0) | 53.7 (14.1) | 49.8 (18.3) | |
Rural | 54.3 (15.6) | 48.4 (15.5) | 56.4 (16.4) | 57.3 (14.7) | 56.4 (13.8) | 0.0500 |
Years of work | ||||||
1–9 years | 49.4 (17.1) | 43.7 (16.4) | 54.5 (15.5) | 53.3 (16.6) | 50.7 (18.3) | |
10–19 years | 51.9 (16.2) | 44.5 (16.5) | 56.0 (17.8) | 53.1 (15.0) | 52.1 (14.6) | |
≥20 years | 52.9 (15.2) | 41.8 (13.0) | 53.4 (16.5) | 57.1 (14.5) | 52.4 (14.1) | 0.8026 |
Longevity at PMTCT | ||||||
0 years | 45.8 (18.1) | 42.5 (17.5) | 54.1 (18.0) | 47.8 (18.5) | 45.9 (17.7) | |
1–9 years | 51.6 (16.8) | 44.5 (16.4) | 55.7 (13.6) | 57.4 (16.8) | 58.5 (15.8) | |
10–19 years | 51.6 (15.5) | 41.6 (15.1) | 54.5 (15.7) | 54.1 (10.6) | 53.9 (12.9) | |
≥ 20 years | 52.3 (15.8) | 45.4 (15.0) | 54.9 (17.4) | 54.6 (15.1) | 52.2 (14.9) | 0.0039 |
Level of education | ||||||
Elementary | 48.9 (18.6) | 45.5 (16.9) | 45.4 (25.1) | 56.7 (15.9) | 49.5 (12.1) | |
Secondary | 46.5 (16.2) | 39.7 (15.9) | 49.7 (14.3) | 48.8 (16.5) | 49.1 (15.6) | |
High school | 51.1 (16.2) | 43.2 (17.2) | 55.2 (15.3) | 54.5 (14.1) | 52.5 (14.8) | |
University/PG | 54.0 (16.7) | 47.4 (14.3) | 59.4 (16.4) | 57.4 (16.5) | 53.2 (17.9) | < 0.0001 |
Trained others? | ||||||
No | 45.3 (15.9) | 43.7 (16.3) | 53.2 (15.2) | 47.8 (13.9) | 46.0 (14.9) | |
Yes | 54.8 (15.9) | 47.2 (11.4) | 55.1 (16.5) | 55.5 (15.8) | 53.6 (15.5) | 0.0001 |
Have the means to apply what you were trained to do? | ||||||
No | 46.1 (16.9) | 43.3 (16.9) | 51.8 (16.7) | 50.8 (15.4) | 49.1 (16.2) | |
Yes | 53.7 (15.7) | 45.7 (12.9) | 55.5 (16.2) | 54.9 (15.6) | 52.6 (15.4) | 0.0073 |
Conducive environment to carry out PMTCT of HIV? | ||||||
No | 49.2 (17.0) | 43.5 (16.6) | 53.9 (17.7) | 54.8 (14.9) | 51.2 (15.9) | |
Yes | 51.7 (16.3) | 44.0 (15.8) | 55.1 (15.8) | 53.5 (16.0) | 52.1 (15.5) | 0.8191 |
Received training handouts? | ||||||
No | 46.9 (16.8) | 43.7 (16.4) | 54.6 (17.6) | 49.3 (16.5) | 51.3 (13.7) | |
Yes | 54.1 (15.7) | 45.3 (8.3) | 54.9 (15.9) | 55.5 (15.1) | 51.9 (16.4) | 0.0512 |
Working in PMTCT services | ||||||
No | 46.3 (17.5) | 43.1 (16.8) | 52.3 (17.3) | 49.4 (17.5) | 45.3 (18.0) | |
Yes | 51.9 (16.2) | 44.0 (15.9) | 55.3 (16.1) | 54.8 (15.2) | 52.9 (14.9) | 0.0013 |