Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of learners on the blended courses in Primary Health Care (eSSP) and in Management of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services (eSSR), Guinea, 2018

Variables	eSSP course (n = 135)		eSSR course (n = 147)		Total (n = 282)		p-value
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Age (years)
<30	22	16.3	24	16.3	46	16.3	1.000
30–40	91	67.4	99	67.4	190	67.4
>40	22	16.3	24	16.3	46	16.3
Mean (SD)	35 (±7.0)		35 (±6.1)				0.475
Sex
Male	106	78.5	98	66.7	204	72.3	<0.001
Female	29	21.5	49	33.3	78	27.7
Profession
Medical Doctor	104	77.0	112	76.2	216	76.6	<0.001
Midwife	0	0.0	10	6.8	10	3.5
Nurse	11	8.1	0	0.0	11	3.9
Student (last year of medical studies)	9	6.7	12	8.2	21	7.5
Othera	11	8.1	13	8.8	24	8.5
Nationality
Guinean	108	79.3	116	78.9	224	79.4	0.312
Foreign	27	20.7	31	21.1	58	20.6
Residence
Guinea (capital city, Conakry)	53	39.2	71	48.3	124	44.0	0.568
Guinea (other regions)	51	37.8	50	34.0	101	35.8
Foreign country	31	23.0	26	17.7	57	20.2
Working time
Full	52	38.5	40	27.2	92	32.6	0.043
Part	83	61.5	107	72.8	190	67.4
Cohort
One	20	14.8	20	13.6	40	14.2	0.97
Two	23	17.0	25	17.0	48	17.0
Three	25	18.5	24	16.3	49	17.4
Four	24	17.8	26	17.7	50	17.7
Five	24	17.8	26	17.7	50	17.7
Six	19	14.1	26	17.7	45	16.0

SD Standard Deviation

^aCommunity health workers, Pharmacists, Biologists, Public health technicians