Table 2.
Association between Standardized Satisfaction Score and Community Health Worker (CHW) demographics, community attitudes towards testing and CHW self-perception of role*
| Coefficient | Standard Error | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
CHW demographic: | |||
| Age |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.25 |
| Sex (female) |
-0.17 |
0.25 |
0.49 |
| Years of CHW experience |
0.22 |
0.13 |
0.11 |
| Completed secondary education |
0.33 |
0.24 |
0.17 |
|
RDT awareness and trust: |
|||
| CHW reports everyone is aware of RDT availability |
-0.28 |
0.26 |
0.28 |
| CHW reports clients sometimes refuse RDT (vs clients never refuse RDT) |
-0.42 |
0.31 |
0.17 |
| CHW reports clients follow CHW advice for negative RDT result (Strongly Agree v. Otherwise) |
0.54 |
0.27 |
0.05 |
| CHW reports clients follow CHW advice for positive RDT result (Strongly Agree v. Otherwise) |
0.04 |
0.28 |
0.89 |
|
CHW role perceptions: |
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| CHW strongly agrees he/she is appreciated by community for role in malaria project |
0.76 |
0.33 |
0.03 |
| CHW strongly agrees he/she gains recognition from role in malaria project |
0.1 |
0.34 |
0.78 |
| CHW reports any interference of time taken by malaria project work with other responsibilities |
0.11 |
0.29 |
0.69 |
| CHW strongly agrees he/she receives enough supervision on malaria project role |
-0.44 |
0.43 |
0.31 |
| CHW strongly agrees he/she is confident in performing their role in the malaria project |
0.27 |
0.59 |
0.65 |
| CHW trusts his/her RDT as much as health facility RDT | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.09 |
CHW – community health worker, RDT – rapid diagnostic test
*Results from uni-variate linear regressions with standardized satisfaction score (first principal component from polychoric PCA) as an outcome.