Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents.
| Characteristics | Group A, presurvey only (n=1272) | Group B, matched (n=1124) | P value | ||||
| Region, n (%) | |||||||
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Volta | 676 (53.23) | 357 (31.76) | <.001a | |||
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Eastern | 596 (46.86) | 767 (68.24) | <.001a | |||
| Sex, n (%) | |||||||
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Male | 204 (16.04) | 233 (20.73) | .004a | |||
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Female | 1066 (83.81) | 891 (79.27) | .004a | |||
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Missing | 2 (0.16) | 0 (0) | .004a | |||
| Educational level, n (%) | |||||||
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Certificate | 1051 (82.79) | 993 (88.35) | <.001a | |||
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Diploma | 179 (14.13) | 121 (10.77) | <.001a | |||
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Bachelor’s degree | 37 (2.92) | 9 (0.8) | <.001a | |||
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Master’s degree | 1 (0.08) | 1 (0.09) | <.001a | |||
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Other | 1 (0.08) | 0 (0) | <.001a | |||
|
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Missing | 4 (0.32) | 0 (0) | <.001a | |||
| Job description, n (%) | |||||||
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Community health nurse or community health officer | 901 (70.83) | 941 (83.72) | <.001a | |||
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Enrolled nurse | 2 (0.16) | 1 (0.09) | <.001a | |||
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Midwife | 361 (28.38) | 178 (15.84) | <.001a | |||
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Field technician | 1 (0.08) | 2 (0.18) | <.001a | |||
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Other | 3 (0.24) | 1 (0.09) | <.001a | |||
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Missing | 4 (0.31) | 1 (0.09) | <.001a | |||
| Use of mobile phone, n (%) | |||||||
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Yes (use my own mobile phone) | 1224 (96.23) | 1091 (97.06) | .05a | |||
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Yes (share a mobile phone with family) | 5 (0.39) | 0 (0) | .05a | |||
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No (do not use or have a mobile phone) | 2 (0.16) | 1 (0.09) | .05a | |||
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Missing | 41 (3.22) | 32 (2.85) | .05a | |||
| Access to the internet, n (%) | |||||||
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No internet | 145 (11.4) | 129 (11.48) | .17a | |||
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Very poor | 99 (7.78) | 102 (9.07) | .17a | |||
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Poor | 139 (10.93) | 113 (10.05) | .17a | |||
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Acceptable | 405 (31.84) | 351 (31.23) | .17a | |||
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Reliable | 347 (27.28) | 329 (29.27) | .17a | |||
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Very reliable | 79 (6.21) | 69 (6.14) | .17a | |||
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Missing | 58 (4.56) | 31 (2.76) | .17a | |||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 32.89 (6.65) | 31.45 (5.44) | <.001b | ||||
| Duration of work as a health professional (years), mean (SD) | 6.80 (5.74) | 5.34 (5.02) | <.001b | ||||
| Days of using an e-Tracker system, mean (SD) | N/Ac | 187.55 (51.17) | N/A | ||||
aP value derived from chi-square test.
bP value derived from 1-way ANOVA test.
cN/A: not applicable.