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Table 2 Selection scores, post-training assessment scores and on-the-job performance

From: The predictive validity of the Living Goods selection tools for community health workers in Kenya: cohort study

 

N (%)a

Median (IQR), range

Selection scores:

 Written comprehension/10

 

7 (4 to 10), 0 to 10

 Written business maths/10

 

8 (4 to 10), 0 to 10

 Written about you/10

 

8 (6 to 10), 0 to 10

 Interview selling/10 (N = 544)

 

7 (6 to 8), 0 to 10

 Interview motivation/30 (N = 544)

 

24 (22 to 24), 10 to 30

Post-training assessment scores:

 Written/25

 

21 (18 to 23), 1 to 25

 Clinical/40

 

33 (30 to 37), 4 to 40

 Practical/35

 

28 (25 to 32), 0 to 35

 Total/100

 

82 (74 to 88), 41 to 100

On-the-job performance data:

 Total household and pregnancy registrations

 

10 (5 to 23), 0 to 171

 Total under-1 and under-5 child assessments

 

62 (23 to 84), 0 to 226

 On time follow-ups as a percentage of those required (N = 495)

 

67 (20 to 90), 0 to 100

 Sales value (KSh)

 

2338 (643 to 6225),

− 1100 to 60351

CHW (in)activity:

 CHWs with no household or pregnancy registrations in 3 months

32 (5.9%)

 

 CHWs with no under-1 or under-5 child assessments in 3 months

78 (14.3%)

 

 CHWs with no on-time follow-ups in 3 months (of those with at least 1 required)

106 (21.4%)

 

 CHWs with zero sales in 3 months

41 (7.5%)

 

CHWs with no health activity and zero sales in 3 months

11 (2.0%)

 
  1. aPercentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding