TABLE 3.
Percentage of providers who correctly answered items from a general knowledge questionnaire by type of provider1
Primary physicians | Registered nurses | Nurse technicians | ||||||||||
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Item | Baseline | Post | Difference | P value | Baseline | Post | Difference | P value | Baseline | Post | Difference | P value |
Total | 61.12 | 67.36 | 6.24*** | 0.00 | 56.46 | 61.76 | 5.30*** | 0.00 | 54.70 | 57.80 | 3.10** | 0.02 |
1. Causes of nutritional transition and double burden of disease | 64.40 | 71.92 | 7.52** | 0.02 | 56.67 | 59.15 | 2.48 | 0.60 | 54.85 | 55.50 | 0.65 | 0.88 |
2. Main undernutrition issues among children <5 y | 57.20 | 50.52 | −6.68 | 0.06 | 52.31 | 52.81 | 0.50 | 0.91 | 44.94 | 46.15 | −1.21 | 0.77 |
3. Undernutrition among children <5 y in different regions and population subgroups | 75.76 | 74.03 | −1.73 | 0.57 | 61.79 | 59.15 | −2.64 | 0.58 | 58.65 | 54.40 | −4.25 | 0.32 |
4. Critical time window for optimal growth and development | 18.98 | 32.98 | 14.00*** | 0.00 | 13.33 | 26.76 | 13.43*** | 0.00 | 10.34 | 16.48 | 6.14** | 0.03 |
5. Consequences of nutritional transition | 31.44 | 50.87 | 19.43*** | 0.00 | 43.08 | 49.30 | 6.22 | 0.20 | 47.05 | 56.04 | 8.99** | 0.04 |
6. Infectious diseases as a cause of undernutrition among children | 56.51 | 71.58 | 15.07*** | 0.00 | 51.03 | 66.20 | 15.17*** | 0.00 | 57.17 | 61.54 | 4.37 | 0.31 |
7. Stunting indicators | 83.24 | 85.61 | 2.37 | 0.35 | 78.21 | 74.65 | −3.56 | 0.38 | 69.62 | 78.02 | 8.40** | 0.03 |
8. Wasting indicators | 59.00 | 63.85 | 4.85 | 0.16 | 52.56 | 61.26 | 8.70 | 0.07 | 55.91 | 64.83 | 8.92** | 0.04 |
9. Effects of undernutrition in intellectual and labor performance | 89.75 | 90.52 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 89.23 | 90.84 | 1.61 | 0.58 | 88.61 | 87.36 | −1.25 | 0.65 |
10. Links between undernutrition and chronic diseases | 74.93 | 81.75 | 6.82** | 0.02 | 66.41 | 77.46 | 11.05** | 0.02 | 59.92 | 57.70 | −2.22 | 0.60 |
Significance level: **P < 0.05, ***P < 0.01.