Table 3. Task-sharing: percentage of providers reporting that secondary providers complete certain clinical tasks in the VMMC operating theater, by year and by country.
Tasks completed by secondary provider | Kenya | South Africa | Tanzania | Zimbabwe | ||||
2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | |
n = 85 | n = 82 | n = 105 | n = 209 | n = 93 | n = 206 | n = 74 | n = 94 | |
Administered local anesthesia | 79.2* | 58.5* | 98.0 | 96.2 | 96.8 | 99.5 | 77.0** | 98.9** |
(70.5–87.8) | (47.8–69.2) | (95.3–100) | (93.6–98.8) | (93.2–100) | (98.54–100) | (67.4–86.6) | (96.8–100) | |
Completed suturing of skin after primary provider removed the foreskin and achieved hemostasis | 55.3 | 61.0 | 95.2 | 96.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 68.9** | 90.4** |
(44.7–65.9)1 | (50.4–71.6) | (91.1–99.3) | (94.3–99.1) | (100–100) | (100–100) | (58.4–79.45) | (84.4–96.4) |
95% confidence intervals;
*p value (of difference between years) <0.05;
**p value (of difference between years) <0.001. Countries differed significantly (p<.001) on both variables.