Table 3.
Level of knowledge on PMTCT/HBV with regards to some socio-demographic and professional characteristics
| Variables | Level of knowledge | TOTAL N= 105 N(%) |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Knowledge; N1= 22 N1(%) | Insufficient Knowledge N2= 83 N2 (%) | ||||
| Sex | Female | 17 (77.3) | 66 (79.5) | 83 (79) | |
| Male | 5 (22.7) | 17 (20.5) | 22 (21) | 0.818 | |
| Age Group (years) |
≤ 30 | 6 (273) | 12 (14.4) | 18 (17.1) | |
| 31 - 40 | 6 (27.3) | 22 (26.5) | 28 (26.7) | ||
| 41 – 50 | 9 (40.9) | 33 (39.8) | 42 (40.0) | 0.261 | |
| > 50 | 1 (4.5) | 16 (19.3) | 17 (16.2) | ||
| Profession | Nurse Aid | 0 (0) | 11 (13.3) | 11 (10.5) | |
| Assistant Midwive | 5 (22.7) | 35(42.2) | 40 (38.1) | ||
| Midwives/Nurses | 7 (31.8) | 28 (33.7) | 35 (33.3) | ||
| Doctors | 10 (45.5) | 9 (10.8) | 19 (18.1) | 0.001 | |
| WorkingExperience (Years) | < 2 | 5 (22.7) | 7 (8.4) | 12 (11.4) | |
| 2 - 5 | 3 (13.6) | 10 (12.0) | 13 (12.4) | ||
| 6 - 10 | 8 (36.4) | 11 (13.3) | 19 (18.1) | 0.009 | |
| 11 - 20 | 6 (27.3) | 42 (50.6) | 48 (45.7) | ||
| > 20 | 0 (0) | 13(15.7) | 13(12.4) | ||
| Duration in service (years) | < 1an | 8 (36.4) | 9 (10.8) | 17 (16.2) | |
| [1 - 2] | 4 (18.2) | 17 (20.5) | 21 (20.0) | ||
| [2 - 5] | 5 (22.7) | 15 (18.1) | 20 (19.0) | 0.031 | |
| [6 - 10] | 3 (13.6) | 17 (20.5) | 20 (19.0) | ||
| > 10 | 2 (9.1) | 25 (30.1) | 27 (25.8) | ||
| Religion | Catholic | 11(50.0) | 50 (60.2) | 61(58.1) | |
| Protestant | 7 (31.8) | 26 (31.3) | 33(31.4) | 0.388 | |
| Muslim and Others | 4 (18.2) | 7 (8.4) | 11(10.5) | ||
| HealthFacility | YGH | 10 (45.5) | 26 (31.4) | 36 (34.3) | |
| CASS Nkoldongo | 3 (13.6) | 20 (24.1) | 23 (21.9) | ||
| YGOPY | 7 (31.8) | 29 (34.9) | 36 (34.3) | 0.586 | |
| MFOU DH | 2 (9.1) | 8 (9.6) | 10 (9.5) | ||