Table 5.
Variation in health-care worker adherence score according to professional category
| HCW professional category | Global adherence to IMCI | Danger Signs | Cough/breathing difficulties | Fever | Diarrhea | Anemia | Nutrition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | P value | Score | P value | Score | P value | Score | P value | Score | P value | Score | P value | Score | P value | |
| Grade 1 nurse | 0.533 | 0.008 | 0.685 | 0.002 | 0.393 | 0.004 | 0.544 | 0.016 | 0.331 | 0.008 | 0.431 | 0.11 | 0.494 | 0.031 |
| Grade 2 nurse | 0.444 | 0.519 | 0.252 | 0.455 | 0.218 | 0.822 | 0.4 | |||||||
| Auxiliary midwife | 0.783 | 1 | 0.667 | 0.808 | 0.600 | 1 | 0.625 | |||||||
| Auxiliary nurse | 0.537 | 0.47 | 0.409 | 0.542 | 0.382 | 0.955 | 0.466 | |||||||
HCW = health-care worker; IMCI = Integrated Management of Childhood Illness. Values in bold type are significant.