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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 4.

Relationship between Nurse’s Professional Background and Knowledge of Telehealth

Variables Baseline Post Intervention 1 Post Intervention 2
Poor
N (%)
good
N (%)
X2 P value Poor
N (%)
good
N (%)
X2 P value Poor
N (%)
Good
N (%)
X2 P value
Professional qualifications
RN,RM,RPHN 16(94.1) 24(85.7) 2.03 0.362 19(90.5) 21(87.5) 0.23 0.889 19(90.5) 21(87.5) 0.23 0.889
B.Sc 0(0) 3(10.7) 1(4.8) 2(8.3) Insig 1(4.8) 2(8.3)
M.Sc 1(5.9) 1(3.6) 1(4.8) 1(4.2) 1(4.8) 1(4.2)
Current Professional rank
CNO/ACNO 12(70.6) 18(64.3) 1.37 0.504 15(71.4) 15(62.5) 0.804 0.669 14(63.6) 16(69.6) 0.89 0.641
PNO/SNO 4(23.5) 5(17.9) 3(14.3) 6(25) Insig 4(18.2) 5(21.7)
NO1/NOII 1(5.9) 5(17.9) 3(14.3) 3(12.5) 4(18.2) 2(8.7)
No. of Years of Practice
1–10 1(5.9) 5(17.9) 2.55 0.467 3(15) 3(12) 3.41 0.332 4(17.4) 2(9.1) 4.91 0.179
11–20 6(35.3) 7(25) 3(15) 10(40) Insig 4(17.4) 9(40.9)
21–30 7(41.2) 8(28.6) 8(40) 7(28) 7(30.4) 8(36.4)
31–40 3(17.6) 8(28.6) 6(30) 5(20) 8(34.8) 3(13.6)