Table 4 Association of PEC training with competence (yes = competence)
From: Skills of general health workers in primary eye care in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania
Cataract | Conjunctivitis | Presbyopia | Trauma | Measure VA | All components | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
PEC training | 68 (33.3) | 136 (66.7) | 168 (82.3) | 36 (17.6) | 70 (34.3) | 134 (65.7) | 160 (78.4) | 44 (21.6) | 22 (10.8) | 182 (89.2) | 9 (4.4) | 195 (95.6) |
No PEC training | 84 (60.4) | 55 (39.6) | 42 (30.2) | 97 (69.8) | 33 (23.7) | 106 (76.3) | 67 (48.2) | 72 (51.8) | 6 (4.3) | 133 (95.7) | 0 (0) | 139 (100) |
OR (95% CI) | 0.33 (0.2-0.5) | 10.7 (6.5-18) | 1.7 (1.0-2.7) | 3.9 (2.4-6.2) | 2.7 (1.0-6.8) | 6.4 (0.8-51.2) | ||||||
p-values | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.04 | <0.001 | 0.03 | 0.09 |