Table 1 Provider characteristics in intervention and comparison groups at baseline and endline (n = 101)
Baseline | Endline | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comparison | Intervention | P value | Comparison | Intervention | P value | |
n = 16 | n = 27 | n = 29 | n = 29 | |||
Provider cadre a (%) | ||||||
Nurse | 37.5 (6) | 29.6 (8) | 0.311 | 55.2 (16) | 20.7 (6) | 0.100 |
Midwife | 31.3 (5) | 22.2 (6) | 13.8 (4) | 13.8 (4) | ||
Clinical officer | 31.3 (5) | 18.5 (5) | 10.3 (3) | 17.2 (5) | ||
Military medical assistant | 0.0 (0) | 14.8 (4) | 13.8 (4) | 20.7 (6) | ||
Pharmacy staff | 0.0 (0) | 3.7 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 13.8 (4) | ||
Laboratory staff | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) | 6.9 (2) | 10.3 (3) | ||
Lay counsellor | 0.0 (0) | 11.1 (3) | 0.0 (0) | 3.5 (1) | ||
Service areas among clinical staff b | n = 16 | n = 23 | n = 27 | n = 21 | ||
PMTCT | 68.8 (11) | 52.2 (12) | 0.313 | 51.9 (14) | 52.4 (11) | 0.972 |
Antenatal care | 68.8 (11) | 56.4 (13) | 0.453 | 46.2 (12) | 52.4 (11) | 0.679 |
ART | 56.3 (9) | 52.2 (12) | 0.808 | 51.9 (14) | 61.9 (13) | 0.497 |
Labour and delivery | 56.3 (9) | 52.2 (12) | 0.808 | 29.6 (8) | 42.9 (9) | 0.352 |
Postnatal care | 62.5 (10) | 56.5 (13) | 0.718 | 44.4 (12) | 42.9 (9) | 0.915 |
Otherc | 0.0 (0) | 34.8 (8) | 0.007 | 61.5 (16) | 57.1 (12) | 0.766 |
Number of services offered (mean, SD) | 3.1 (.42) | 3.0 (.40) | 0.891 | 2.9 (.30) | 3.1 (.31) | 0.724 |
Socio-demographics (all providers) | ||||||
Male (%)b | 66.7 | 48.2 | 0.248 | 58.6 | 51.7 | 0.597 |
Mean age (SD)d | 35.6 (5.2) | 35.1 (8.8) | 0.844 | 35.6 (6.1) | 33.8 (7.4) | 0.326 |
Mean years at this health facility (SD)d | 4.2 (5.1) | 6.1 (6.5) | 0.316 | 5.9 (5.5) | 5.5 (4.8) | 0.750 |
Mean years ever worked in ZDF (SD)d | 8.3 (5.4) | 11.3 (9.2) | 0.246 | 10.3 (5.7) | 9.1 (7.3) | 0.522 |