Table 4.

Association between intervention and better domain-specific and overall knowledge regarding diarrhea and its management among informal healthcare providers in Kolkata (N = 124)

Impact of Intervention (Reference: Preintervention) as Odds of Improvement			In Diarrhea-Related Knowledge Level Regarding
			Symptoms		Aetiology and Spread		Cholera
In Overall Samplea			aOR	P Value	aOR	P Value	aOR	P Value
			1.29	.2856	5.60	<.0001	2.01	.0041
Across the strata ofb	Qualification/Training	Alternative Medicine	0.65	.1333	2.31	.0050	1.32	.3373
		No such	1.58	.1955	16.01	<.0001	1.81	.1178
	Office type	Fixed clinic/office	0.6	.0712	2.63	.0009	1.54	.1260
		Pharmacy	2.44	.0312	23.23	<.0001	1.52	.3271
	Duration of practice	≥10 years	1.08	.7731	3.93	<.0001	1.25	.4049
		<10 years	0.62	.2579	4.43	.0010	2.61	.0408
			Management		ORS		Overall
In Overall Samplea			aOR	P Value	aOR	P Value	aOR	P Value
			3.09	<.0001	2.28	.0008	4.31	<.0001
Across the strata ofb	Qualification/Training	Alternative Medicine	1.82	.0443	1.67	.0870	2.26	.0052
		No such	2.83	.0052	2.00	.0551	4.75	<.0001
	Office type	Fixed clinic/office	1.63	.0863	1.60	.1035	2.00	.0138
		Pharmacy	4.95	.0006	2.21	.0570	8.27	<.0001
	Duration of practice	≥10 years	2.29	.0028	1.70	.0469	3.15	<.0001
		<10 years	1.92	.1266	2.40	.0691	2.43	.0380

Boldfaced figure indicates that association is considered to be statistically significant as P < .05.

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; ORS, oral rehydration solution.

^aaOR in overall sample adjusted for the characteristics of the informal healthcare providers.

^baOR across the strata of characteristics of the informal healthcare providers are adjusted for the rest of their characteristics.