Table 4 The level of the skills of the general health workers in leprosy diagnosis and treatment by type of institution, gender, profession and years of service in Oromia and Amhara Regional Sates, Ethiopia, February 2012
Variable | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Excellent | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N | X2 | P value | |
Health profession | ||||||
MD | 0 | 0 | 1(100) | 1 | 19.9396 | 0.001 |
BSc(HO and Nurse) | 7(53.8) | 2(15.4) | 4(30.8) | 13 | ||
Diploma clinical nurse | 59(90.8) | 4(6.2) | 2(3.1) | 65 | ||
Health assistant | 2(40.0) | 0 (0) | 3(60.0) | 5 | ||
Respondents by Type of health institution | ||||||
Health centre | 64(87.7) | 3(4.1) | 6(8.2) | 73 | 10.7185 | 0.030 |
District hospital | 4(50.0) | 2(25.0) | 2(25.0) | 8 | ||
Zonal/referral hospital | 0(0) | 1(50.0) | 1(50.0) | 2 | ||
Gender (sex) | ||||||
Male | 32(80.0) | 3(7.5) | 5(12.5) | 40 | 5.7196 | 0.221 |
Female | 36(83.7) | 3(7.0) | 4(9.3) | 43 | ||
Year of experience | ||||||
0-9 | 52(88.1) | 4(6.8) | 3(5.1) | 59 | 27.8339 | 0.000 |
10-19 | 12(100.0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 12 | ||
20-29 | 1(100.0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1 | ||
>30 | 3(27.27) | 2(18.18) | 6(54.55) | 11 | ||
Training in leprosy | ||||||
Yes | 45(84.9) | 3(5.7) | 5(9.4) | 53 | 4.0795 | 0.130 |
No | 23(76.7) | 3(10.0) | 4(13.3) | 30 | ||
Overall | 68(81.9) | 6(7.2) | 9(10.8) | 83 | ||