Table 2 The level of the knowledge of the general health workers in leprosy control activities by type of institution, gender, profession and years of service in Oromia and Amhara Regional Sates, Ethiopia, February 2012
Variable | Low | Medium | High | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N | X2 | P value | |
Health profession | ||||||
MD | 15(62.5) | 9(37.50) | 0(0) | 24 | 39.42 | 0.000 |
BSc(HO and Nurse) | 124(76.1) | 36(22.1) | 3(1.8) | 163 | ||
Diploma clinical nurse | 365(92.0) | 31(7.8) | 1(0.3) | 397 | ||
Health assistant | 15(88.2) | 2(11.8) | 0(0) | 17 | ||
Type of Health institution | ||||||
Health centre | 448(88.5) | 54(10.7) | 4(0.8) | 506 | 16.2733 | 0.003 |
District hospital | 52(76.5) | 16(23.5) | 0 | 68 | ||
Zonal/referral hospital | 19(70.4) | 8(29.6) | 0 | 27 | ||
Gender (sex) | ||||||
Male | 273(83.2) | 52(15.9) | 3(0.9) | 328 | 6.5996 | 0.159 |
Female | 246(90.1) | 26(9.5) | 1(0.4) | 273 | ||
Year of experience | ||||||
0-9 | 395(87.6) | 54(12.0) | 2(0.4) | 451 | 7.5866 | 0.27 |
10-19 | 58(81.7) | 11(15.5) | 2(2.8) | 71 | ||
20-29 | 29(82.9) | 6(17.1) | 0 | 35 | ||
>30 | 37(84.1) | 7(15.9) | 0 | 44 | ||
Training in leprosy | ||||||
Yes | 156(80.0) | 35(18.0) | 4(2.0) | 195 | 8.0952 | 0.017 |
No | 363(89.4) | 43(10.6) | 0(0.0) | 406 | ||
overall | 519(86.4) | 78(13.0) | 4(0.7) | 601 | ||