Table 3. Work experience and challenges in rural facility during posting faced by the respondents who served rural posting uninterruptedly.
| Experience in a rural facility | served rural posting uninterruptedly | Didn’t serve rural posting uninterruptedly | P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | % (n) | ||
| Workload in rural facility | |||
| Manageable | 66.9 (103) | 33.1 (51) | 0.004* |
| Not manageable | 81.6 (115) | 18.4 (26) | |
| Private practice during rural posting | |||
| No | 75.4 (159) | 24.6 (26) | 0.442 |
| Yes | 71.1 (64) | 28.9 (52) | |
| Lived in the residence provided by the health facility | |||
| No | 78.3 (108) | 21.7 (30) | 0.145 |
| Yes | 70.9 (117) | 29.1 (48) | |
| Challenges in rural facility | |||
| Felt physically unsafe environment | |||
| No | 77.8 (70) | 22.2 (20) | 0.362 |
| Yes | 72.8 (155) | 27.2 (58) | |
| Experienced physically abusive behaviour | |||
| No | 73.8 (191) | 26.2 (68) | 0.621 |
| Yes | 77.3 (34) | 22.7 (10) | |
| Experienced verbally abusive behaviour | |||
| No | 68.6 (70) | 31.4 (32) | 0.110 |
| Yes | 77.1 (155) | 22.9 (46) | |
| Staffs were absent in working hours | |||
| No | 71.3 (112) | 28.7 (45) | 0.228 |
| Yes | 77.4 (113) | 22.6 (33) | |
| Seek help from family if you faced any problem locally | |||
| No | 76.1 (140) | 23.9 (44) | 0.365 |
| Yes | 71.4 (85) | 28.6 (34) | |
| Seek help from friends if you faced any problems locally | |||
| No | 75.7 (156) | 24.3 (50) | 0.393 |
| Yes | 71.1 (69) | 28.9 (28) | |
| Seek help from social links if you faced any problems locally | |||
| No | 75.9 (151) | 24.1 (48) | 0.372 |
| Yes | 71.2 (74) | 28.8 (30) | |
| Seek help from influential people in the local community if you faced any problem locally | |||
| No | 68.3 (127) | 31.7 (59) | 0.003* |
| Yes | 83.8 (98) | 16.2 (19) | |
| Doctor shortage in last rural posting | |||
| Yes | 73.5 (166) | 26.5 (60) | 0.662 |
| No | 76.0 (57) | 24.0 (18) | |
| If yes, then the reason for the doctor shortage in the last rural facility (multiple responses) | |||
| Doctors not posted in sanctioned post | 76.6 (108) | 23.4 (33) | 0.385 |
| Doctor left the post to join post-graduation | 72.3 (73) | 27.7 (28) | 0.577 |
| Doctors absent without official reason | 94.4 (17) | 5.6 (1) | 0.050 |
aP values are obtained from the chi-square test.
* Significant at a 5% level of significance.