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Table 3 Disease condition-wise comparison of overall scores (%) of different providers (with 95% CI)

From: Assessing competence of mid-level providers delivering primary health care in India: a clinical vignette-based study in Chhattisgarh state

Disease

Community health officers (CHOs)

Rural medical assistants (RMAs)

Medical officers (MOs)

P value

N = 132

N = 129

N = 50

Diarrhoea with dehydration

39.4 (36.5–42.5)

53.5 (50–57.1)

51.4 (45.4–57.4)

< 0.01

Chest indrawing pneumonia

50.7 (47.5–53.9)

65.3 (62.4–68.1)

64.5 (59.0–69.9)

< 0.01

Malaria

65.9 (63.4–68.5)

76.5 (74.4–78.7)

81.1 (78.1–84.1)

< 0.01

Hypertension

67.3 (64.6–70)

68.3 (65.3–71.3)

71.5 (67.3–75.7)

0.02

Diabetes

63.8 (61.2–66.4)

69.1 (66.4–71.7)

72 (68.3–75.7)

< 0.01

Vulvo-vaginal candidiasis

31.1 (27.5–34.7)

51.9 (47.8–56.1)

60.6 (53.6–67.7)

< 0.01

Pre-eclampsia

35.4 (33–37.9)

53.3 (49.8–56.7)

54.9 (49.1–60.8)

< 0.01

Scabies

48.9 (43.5–54.4)

72 (66.8–77.2)

82.4 (75.4–89.5)

< 0.01

Organo-phosphorous poisoning

48.7 (45–52.4)

61.7 (58.1–65.3)

73.5 (69.1–78)

< 0.01

Sickle cell disease

49.2 (45.5–53)

59.3 (51.9–58.7)

68.9 (63.7–74)

< 0.01