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Table 3 Individual, Supervisor’s and Community factors associated with CHWs’ performance in Kisumu West, Siaya, Ugenya and Gem districts, Nyanza Province, Kenya

From: Individual and contextual factors associated with community health workers’ performance in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a multilevel analysis

 

Model 0

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Individual variables

Conf.

95 % CI.

Conf.

95 % CI.

Conf.

95 % CI.

Conf.

95 % CI.

Gender

 

 Female

  

Ref.

 

Ref

 

Ref.

 

 Male

  

−0.157

−0.384-0.070

−0.155

−0.381-0.072

−0.132

−0.358-0.095

Age group (years)

 

 <40

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 ≥40

  

−0.176

−0.365-0.013

−0.174

−0.363-0.015

−0.158

−0.347-0.030

Marital status

 Single/Divorced/Widowed

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Married

  

0.732

−0.006-1.470

0.727

−0.011-1.465

*0.738

0.002-1.474

 Education level

No education/primary school dropout

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Primary level

  

***0.654

0.395-0.913

***0.655

0.396-0.914

***0.651

0.393-0.909

 Secondary level or higher

  

***0.934

0.679-1.190

***0.933

0.678-1.189

***0.928

0.674-1.183

Number of household members

 Fewer than 6

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 6 or more

  

*0.201

0.014-0.388

*0.202

0.015-0.389

*0.199

0.013-0.386

Number of children under five

 Fewer than 1

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 1 or more

  

−0.182

−0.386-0.022

−0.189

−0.394-0.015

−0.186

−0.390-0.017

Household wealth index

 Poorest

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Poorer

  

0.179

−0.094-0.452

0.180

−0.093-0.454

0.190

−0.082-0.463

 Middle

  

0.055

−0.225-0.335

0.053

−0.227-0.333

0.055

−0.224-0.335

 Richer

  

0.268

−0.034-0.564

0.261

−0.038-0.560

0.259

−0.039-0.557

 Richest

  

0.169

−0.125-0.463

0.167

−0.128-0.461

0.163

−0.129-0.457

Household sanitation practice

 Poor

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Middle

  

0.154

−0.131-0.439

0.150

−0.135-0.434

0.168

−0.117-0.452

 Good

  

***0.580

0.304-0.856

***0.583

0.307-0.860

***0.616

0.340-0.331

Years working as CHWs

 Less than 4 years

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 4 years or more

  

**0.339

0.129-0.549

*0.330

0.119-0.540

**0.327

0.118-0.537

Number of households covered

 Less than 21 households

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 21 or more

  

0.159

−0.041-0.359

0.143

−0.058-0.345

0.131

−0.069-0.331

Job satisfaction

 Lowest

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Low

  

0.110

−0.164-0.384

0.113

−0.161-0.387

0.103

−0.171-0.378

 Middle

  

0.216

−0.066-0.498

0.218

−0.064-0.501

0.193

−0.089-0.475

 High

  

−0.011

−0.295-0.272

−0.010

−0.295-0.274

−0.034

−0.318-0.250

 Highest

  

−0.018

−0.300-0.264

−0.019

−0.301-0.264

−0.028

−0.310-0.255

Frequency of supervision received

 Less than monthly

  

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Monthly

  

−0.156

−0.437-0.124

−0.150

−0.431-0.130

***−0.717

−1.191--0.242

 More frequently

  

***−0.713

−1.083--0.344

***−0.709

−1.079--0.340

***−1.230

−1.863--0.597

Supervisor’s and community variables

Conf.

95 % CI.

Conf.

95 % CI.

Conf.

95 % CI.

Conf.

95 % CI.

CHEWs’ health knowledge

 Low

    

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Middle

    

0.096

−1.113-1.305

−0.280

−1.614-1.053

 High

    

0.178

−0.717-1.072

−0.817

−1.868-0.233

Months working as CHEW

 Less than 12 months

    

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 12 or more

    

−0.418

−1.301-0.466

−0.395

−1.270-0.480

Number of CUs covered

    

0.177

−0.320-0.674

0.172

−0.320-0.665

CHEW satisfaction score

 Low

    

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Middle

    

−0.835

−1.856-0.185

−0.811

−1.822-0.120

 High

    

−0.796

−1.933-0.340

−0.753

−1.878-0.372

Social capital

 Low

    

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Middle

    

−0.097

−1.074-0.880

−0.103

−1.07-0.865

 High

    

0.485

−0.540-1.510

0.469

−0.546-1.485

Community education level

 Low

    

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Middle

    

0.135

−0.732-1.001

0.130

−0.727-0.988

 High

    

0.084

−1.072-1.239

0.087

−1.057-1.231

Community health knowledge status

 Low

    

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Middle

    

0.086

−0.732-1.001

0.107

−0.786-1.000

 High

    

−0.184

−1.072-1.239

−0.183

−1.243-0.877

Community wealth

 Low

    

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

 Middle

    

0.656

−0.252-1.564

0.670

−0.229-1.569

 High

    

0.973

−0.399-2.345

0.974

−0.384-2.333

Interaction

(CHEWs’ knowledge and supervision)

 Low knowledge × Less than monthly

      

Ref.

 

 Middle knowledge × Monthly

      

0.473

−0.237-1.184

 Middle knowledge × Frequent

      

0.326

−0.618-1.271

 High knowledge × Monthly

      

**1.140

0.488-1.791

 High knowledge × Frequent

      

*1.107

0.247-1.967

ICC

48.0

 

50.4

 

 45.8

 

 45.5

 

AIC

4889

 

4780

 

 4797

 

 4793

 

Log Likelihood (Likelihood-ratio test)

−2441

 

***-2366

 

 -2360

 

 *-2354

 
  1. *< 0.05, **< 0.01, ***< 0.001