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Table 4 Participants' capacity before and after taking Course One: Prevention and Health Promotion (N = 7243)

From: Evaluation of a continuing professional development strategy on COVID-19 for 10 000 health workers in Ghana: a two-pronged approach

Variablesa

Before

Immediately after

Pb

Zc

Effect size (r)

n

(%)

n

(%)

I feel confident addressing misinformation about COVID-19 with patients, colleagues and community members

    

 < 0.01

− 32.4

− 0.28

 Strongly disagree or disagree

270

(3.7)

61

(0.8)

   

 Neither disagree nor agree

372

(5.1)

76

(1.0)

   

 Agree or strongly agree

5615

(77.5)

6163

(85.1)

   

 Missing

986

(13.6)

943

(13.0)

   

I am able to communicate effectively to support an individual who is experiencing negative impacts of COVID-19

    

 < 0.01

− 38.5

− 0.34

 Strongly disagree or disagree

365

(5.0)

52

(0.7)

   

 Neither disagree nor agree

527

(7.3)

110

(1.5)

   

 Agree or strongly agree

5408

(74.7)

6148

(84.9)

   

 Missing

943

(13.0)

933

(12.9)

   

I would recommend the COVID- 19 vaccine to patients and colleagues if it was available

    

 < 0.01

− 31.0

− 0.27

 Strongly disagree or disagree

212

(2.9)

62

(0.9)

   

 Neither disagree nor agree

365

(5.0)

140

(1.9)

   

 Agree or strongly agree

5727

(79.1)

6114

(84.4)

   

 Missing

939

(13.0)

927

(12.8)

   

I feel comfortable taking an online CPD

    

 < 0.01

− 36.3

− 0.32

 Strongly disagree or disagree

467

(6.4)

64

(0.9)

   

 Neither disagree nor agree

592

(8.2)

163

(2.3)

   

 Agree or strongly agree

5233

(72.2)

6083

(84.0)

   

 Missing

951

(13.1)

933

(12.9)

   

Knowledge (mean score ± SD) d

74.8 ± 17.0

85.5 ± 14.1

 < 0.01

− 46.9

− 0.39

  1. aAll Likert variables were 5-point scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neither disagree nor agree 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree). Mean score for the Knowledge variable is out of 100
  2. bWilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, 2-tailed for paired samples, was used for all comparisons
  3. cBased on negative ranks
  4. d(n for pre-knowledge test = 6799, n for post-knowledge test = 7243)