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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J Med Med Sci. 2014 Sep;43(Suppl 1):147–155.

TABLE 1.

Nurse’s Professional Background

Variable Intervention
N (%)
Control
N (%)
Total
N (%)
X2 p-value

Age (years)
20–30 3 2 5 1.544 0.672
31–40 6 5 11
41–50 6 8 14
51–60 7 10 17

Professional Qualification
RN, RM, RPHN 18 (80) 24 (96) 42(88.9) 4.09 0.129
B.Sc 3 (15) 0 (0) 3 (6.7)
M.Sc(merge) 1 (5) 1 (4) 2 (4.4)

Current Professional Rank
CNO/ACNO 12 (52.4) 20 (79.2) 30 (66.7) 4.73 0.094
PNO/SNO 5 (23.8) 4 (16.7) 9 (20.0)
NO1/NO II 5 (23.8) 1 (4.2) 6 (13.3)

No. of Years in Service
1–10 5 (20) 3 (8) 8 (13.3) 1.97 0.579
11–20 6 (30) 7 (28) 13 (28.9)
21–30 5 (25) 10 (40) 15 (33.3)
31–40 5 (25) 6 (24) 11 (24.4)