Table 5.
Diagnostics skills and management decisions of trained and control RCH staff
|
Identification |
Control (n = 30) |
Trained (n = 28) |
P-value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COs (n = 15) | Nurses (n = 15) | All (%) | COs (n = 14) | Nurses (n = 14) | All (%) | ||
|
Image of conjunctivitis: | |||||||
| Correctly identified |
6 |
4 |
10 (33.3) |
13 |
10 |
23 (82.1) |
0.00 |
|
Image of cataract: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Correctly identified |
3 |
2 |
5 (16.6) |
9 |
8 |
17 (60.7) |
0.01 |
|
Management of cataract: | |||||||
| Refer for surgery |
3 |
3 |
6 (20.0) |
10 |
11 |
21 (70.0) |
0.00 |
| Refer, did not know treatment |
6 |
7 |
13 (43.3) |
5 |
3 |
8 (28.5) |
0.4 |
| Management not known |
6 |
5 |
11 (36.6) |
0 |
0 |
0 (0.0) |
0.00 |
|
Management of trauma: | |||||||
| Immediate referral | 2 | 1 | 3 (10.0) | 7 | 8 | 15 (53.5) | 0.00 |