Rapid scale-up of COVID-19 training for frontline health workers in 11 African countries

Table 4 Comparison of participant pre- and post-test pass/fail proportions at the 70% cutoff by cadre and sex

Characteristic	N^a	Mean ± SD		Pre-test pass ≥ 70% N (%)	Post-test pass ≥ 70% N (%)
Characteristic	N^a	Pre-test	Post-test	Pre-test pass ≥ 70% N (%)	Post-test pass ≥ 70% N (%)
Cadre^b
Doctor	229	0.64 ± 0.14	0.81 ± 0.11	90 (39)	193 (84)
Non-clinical HCW	134	0.51 ± 0.14	0.64 ± 0.14	11 (8)	44 (33)
Nurse	857	0.72 ± 0.14	0.69 ± 0.10	204 (24)	559 (65)
Other HCW	399	0.59 ± 0.14	0.69 ± 0.12	101 (25)	256 (64)
Sex^c
Female	1307	0.58 ± 0.15	0.73 ± 0.13	277 (21)	823 (63)
Male	603	0.59 ± 0.16	0.75 ± 0.14	159 (26)	400 (66)

Results are expressed as mean and standard deviation of scores obtained in pre- and post-tests
^aRepresents N for those with paired pre- and post-test and demographic data for selected characteristics. Percent listed represents row percent
^b751 missing cadre information
^c460 missing sex information

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