Table 6.
General information on consultations by zone
| General information on consultations | Total N = 197 | Zone 1 N = 71 | Zone 2 N = 126 | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Days per week spent on working as a VMW/MMW | |||||||
| 1 day | 6 | 3.05 | 3 | 4.2 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.702 |
| 2–3 days | 138 | 70.1 | 51 | 71.8 | 87 | 69.1 | |
| 4–6 days | 37 | 18.8 | 13 | 18.3 | 24 | 19.1 | |
| Whole week | 16 | 8.1 | 1 | 5.6 | 12 | 9.5 | |
| Daily hours spent working as a VMW/MMW | |||||||
| 1 h | 44 | 22.3 | 16 | 22.5 | 28 | 22.2 | 0.242 |
| 2–3 h | 132 | 67.0 | 47 | 66.2 | 85 | 67.5 | |
| 4–5 h | 16 | 8.1 | 8 | 11.3 | 8 | 6.4 | |
| 6 or >6 h | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4.0 | |
| Time of the day available for consultationsa | |||||||
| Morning time | 170 | 86.3 | 67 | 94.4 | 103 | 81.8 | 0.013 |
| Afternoon time | 132 | 67.0 | 51 | 71.8 | 81 | 64.3 | 0.280 |
| Evening | 144 | 73.1 | 52 | 73.2 | 92 | 73.0 | 0.973 |
| All dayb | 8 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 6.4 | 0.053 |
| Time people come to VMW/MMW for consultationc | |||||||
| Morning time | 173 | 87.8 | 67 | 94.4 | 106 | 84.1 | 0.035 |
| Afternoon time | 133 | 67.5 | 50 | 70.4 | 83 | 65.9 | 0.513 |
| Evening | 143 | 72.6 | 52 | 73.2 | 91 | 72.2 | 0.878 |
| All day | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4.0 | 0.089 |
| VMW/MMW sometimes not available for consultations | |||||||
| Yes | 60 | 30.5 | 15 | 21.1 | 49 | 38.9 | 0.011 |
| No | 133 | 67.5 | 56 | 78.9 | 77 | 61.1 | |
| When VMW/MMW not available for consultations | |||||||
| Assign a family member/friend to assist VMW | 50 | 78.1 | 14 | 99.3 | 36 | 73.5 | 0.391 |
| Refer the patient to another VMW/MMW | 6 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 12.5 | |
| Refer the patient to the health centre | 3 | 4.7 | 1 | 6.7 | 2 | 4.04 | |
| Ask the patient to come back on the next day | 4 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.2 | |
| Other | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.0 | |
aMultiple responses possible
bExact fisher test was performed
cMultiple responses possible