Table 4.
Knowledge and beliefs questions
| Pre-training | Post-training | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # (%) | # (%) | |||
| Questions with correct or incorrect answers1 | ||||
| Whether respondent mentioned “unhygienic surfaces on the ward” as possible cause of umbilical cord infection | 3/19 (16%) | 12/19 (63%) | < 0.001 | |
| Correctly answered “what is best to add to water before routine daily cleaning of floors and walls” | 2/19 (11%) | 7/19 (37%) | 0.059 | |
| Correctly answered “when should you empty the sharps bin” | 11/19 (58%) | 17/19 (89%) | 0.034 | |
| Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questions with scales of 1–5 (1 = very difficult/strongly disagree; 5 = very easy/strongly agree)2 | ||||
| Availability of resources for cleaning | ||||
| How difficult or easy is it to get all the equipment you need for cleaning? | 4.1 (3.6–4.6) | 3.9 (3.2–4.6) | 0.788 | |
| How easy/difficult is it to complete your cleaning tasks in the time available? | 3.1 (2.3–3.8) | 3.6 (2.9–4.3) | 0.424 | |
| If there is not enough chlorine solution, I tell my supervisor and it is supplied | 4.8 (4.6–5.0) | 4.8 (4.7–5.0) | 0.812 | |
*N = 19 respondents
1p values for these questions were calculated using McNemar’s test
2p values for these questions were calculated using the sign rank test