Table 1.
Participant's characteristics.
| CHWs | Nurses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 44) | Control (n = 74) | Total CHWs (n = 118) | Intervention (n = 23) | Control (n = 32) | Total nurses (n = 55) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| Median (IQR) | 39 (30, 48) | 43 (36, 52) | 29 (28, 42) | 30 (26, 32) | ||
| Range | 22–72 | 24–68 | 22–72 | 22–58 | 23–57 | 22–58 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 12 (27.3%) | 19 (25.7%) | 31 (26.3%) | 3 (13.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (5.5%) |
| Female | 32 (72.7%) | 55 (74.3%) | 87 (73.7%) | 20 (87.0%) | 32 (100.0%) | 52 (94.5%) |
| Highest level education attained | ||||||
| Some primary level | 6 (13.6%) | 16 (21.6%) | 22 (18.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Primary level completed | 16 (36.4%) | 24 (32.4%) | 40 (33.9%) | 1 (4.3%) | 1 (3.1%) | 2 (3.6%) |
| Incomplete secondary level | 9 (20.5%) | 5 (6.8%) | 14 (11.9%) | 4 (17.4%) | 3 (9.4%) | 7 (12.7%) |
| Secondary level completed | 1 (2.3%) | 2 (2.5%) | 3 (2.5%) | 17 (73.9%) | 28 (87.5%) | 45 (81.8%) |
| Higher degree | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (4.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.8%) |
| Missing information | 12 (27.3%) | 27 (36.5%) | 39 (33.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 13 (29.5%) | 20 (27.0%) | 33 (28.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 17 (53.1%) | 17 (30.9%) |
| Married | 24 (54.5%) | 42 (56.8%) | 66 (55.9%) | 6 (26.1%) | 15 (46.9%) | 21 (38.2%) |
| Divorced | 2 (4.5%) | 2 (2.7%) | 4 (3.4%) | 17 (73.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 17 (30.9%) |
| Widowed | 5 (11.4%) | 10 (13.5%) | 15 (12.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Years of experiences as a CHW/nurse | ||||||
| Median (IQR) | 5 (3, 8) | 5 (3, 6) | 8 (4, 12) | 12 (8, 14) | ||
| Range | 2–33 | 1–38 | 1–38 | 1–37 | 1–33 | 1–37 |