Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of healthcare providers
From: The effects of enhanced primary healthcare interventions on primary care providers’ job satisfaction
Characteristics | Baseline | 17 months | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control n = 498 | Intervention n = 544 | p-value a | Control n = 570 | Intervention n = 645 | p-value a | |||||
Age (years) b | 33.3 | (7.5) | 33.4 | (7.7) | 0.976 | 34.5 | (6.8) | 34.1 | (7.0) | 0.400 |
Sex = Female | 410 | (82.3) | 455 | (83.6) | 0.631 | 477 | (83.7) | 525 | (81.4) | 0.331 |
Categories | 0.882 | 0.507 | ||||||||
Doctors | 94 | (18.9) | 104 | (19.1) | 127 | (22.3) | 132 | (20.5) | ||
AMOs | 63 | (12.7) | 60 | (11.0) | 60 | (10.5) | 75 | (11.6) | ||
Nurses | 283 | (56.8) | 316 | (58.1) | 309 | (54.2) | 338 | (52.4) | ||
ISS personnel | 58 | (11.6) | 64 | (11.8) | 74 | (13.0) | 100 | (15.5) | ||
Educational level | 0.747 | 0.096 | ||||||||
Master Degree | 23 | (4.6) | 20 | (3.7) | 30 | (5.3) | 19 | (2.9) | ||
Bachelor Degree | 134 | (26.9) | 148 | (27.2) | 180 | (31.6) | 221 | (34.3) | ||
Certificate / Diploma | 341 | (68.5) | 376 | (69.1) | 360 | (63.2) | 405 | (62.8) | ||
Overall duration in practice (year) b | ||||||||||
All categories | 9.3 | (7.1) | 9.1 | (7.3) | 0.658 | 10.3 | (6.5) | 10.0 | (6.8) | 0.430 |
Doctors | 8.0 | (5.1) | 7.5 | (4.9) | 0.512 | 8.4 | (4.8) | 8.3 | (4.8) | 0.797 |
AMOs | 7.5 | (7.6) | 6.7 | (7.1) | 0.542 | 8.9 | (6.7) | 8.9 | (6.6) | 0.978 |
Nurses | 10.9 | (7.6) | 10.8 | (8.0) | 0.831 | 12.4 | (6.8) | 12.0 | (7.3) | 0.578 |
ISS personnel | 5.3 | (3.0) | 5.4 | (4.1) | 0.761 | 5.8 | (3.9) | 5.9 | (4.4) | 0.838 |
Duration in primary care (year) b | ||||||||||
All categories | 6.3 | (6.3) | 6.0 | (6.0) | 0.471 | 7.3 | (6.0) | 7.0 | (6.0) | 0.395 |
Doctors | 4.7 | (4.6) | 4.0 | (3.8) | 0.307 | 4.6 | (4.1) | 4.8 | (4.3) | 0.610 |
AMOs | 5.4 | (6.1) | 4.7 | (6.3) | 0.552 | 6.7 | (5.9) | 6.2 | (5.5) | 0.622 |
Nurses | 7.7 | (7.0) | 7.4 | (6.7) | 0.615 | 9.4 | (6.3) | 9.0 | (6.5) | 0.362 |
ISS personnel | 3.0 | (2.2) | 3.5 | (2.3) | 0.249 | 3.9 | (2.9) | 4.1 | (3.3) | 0.637 |
Hours spent per week on direct patient care | 28.8 | (12.2) | 27.2 | (12.4) | 0.005 | 31.4 | (9.8) | 30.6 | (9.5) | 0.097 |
Average consultation length for DM/ HPT/HLD (min) b | ||||||||||
All categories | 16.3 | (11.4) | 16.9 | (11.4) | 0.513 | 16.6 | (11.1) | 17.4 | (11.6) | 0.348 |
Doctors | 12.3 | (7.1) | 11.6 | (4.5) | 0.463 | 13.0 | (6.0) | 13.3 | (4.9) | 0.660 |
AMOs | 12.3 | (9.2) | 13.2 | (9.6) | 0.607 | 12.3 | (7.9) | 11.1 | (5.8) | 0.521 |
Nurses | 19.3 | (12.2) | 20.4 | (12.4) | 0.472 | 20.6 | (11.4) | 19.9 | (14.6) | 0.678 |
ISS personnel | 19.9 | (13.8) | 19.2 | (13.8) | 0.802 | 19.3 | (16.5) | 21.7 | (12.8) | 0.337 |