Table 2.

Changes in knowledge and self-assessment of skills of the healthcare workers, classified into formal healthcare workers (health officer, nurses, midwives) and the BHW

		All (n=110)		Formal healthcare workers (n=23)		BHW (n=87)
		Median (binomial interpolation of confidence intervals)	Wilcoxon signed-rank test p value	Median (binomial interpolation of confidence intervals)	Wilcoxon signed-rank test p value	Median (binomial interpolation of confidence intervals)	Wilcoxon signed-rank test p value	Cronbach's alpha
Diabetes knowledge test,% correct answers	Pre-test	54.2 (50.0–58.3)	<0.001	70.8 (66.7–75.0)	<0.001	45.8 (41.7–54.2)	<0.001	0.903
	Post-test	75.0 (70.8–78.3)		87.5 (79.2–87.8)		70.8 (66.7–75.0)
Self-assessment, biopsychosocial approach domain*	Pre-test	1.32 (1.11–1.73)	<0.001	2.64 (1.99–3.46)	<0.001	1.09 (1.00–1.27)	<0.001	0.972
	Post-test	3.41 (3.20–3.70)		3.91 (3.64–4.0)		3.18 (3.00–3.40)
Self-assessment, anthropometrics*	Pre-test	1.40 (1.22–1.60)	<0.001	2.60 (1.77–3.51)	0.001	1.40 (1.01–1.49)	<0.001	0.972
	Post-test	3.04 (3.00–4.00)		4.00 (3.00–4.9)		3.00 (3.00–4.00)
Self-assessment, clinical and non-pharmacological skills*	Pre-test	1.32 (1.21–1.64)	<0.001	2.93 (2.14–3.29)	<0.001	1.29 (1.14–1.43)	<0.001	0.967
	Post-test	3.5 (3.30–3.84)		3.50 (3.36–5.00)		3.5 (3.14–3.85)

^*Score on a 1–5 Likert scale.