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Table 6 Participants' capacity before and after taking Course Three: Child and Adolescent Health (N = 2892)

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

− 20.4

− 0.28

 Strongly disagree or disagree

122

(4.2)

21

(0.7)

   

 Neither disagree nor agree

155

(5.4)

40

(1.4)

   

 Agree or strongly agree

2218

(76.7)

2457

(85)

   

 Missing

397

(13.7)

374

(12.9)

   

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

    

 < 0.01

− 22.3

− 0.31

 Strongly disagree or disagree

128

(4.4)

22

(0.8)

   

 Neither disagree nor agree

176

(6.1)

39

(1.3)

   

 Agree or strongly agree

2214

(76.6)

2457

(85.0)

   

 Missing

374

(12.9)

374

(12.9)

   

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

    

 < 0.01

− 20.8

− 0.29

 Strongly disagree or disagree

73

(2.5)

15

(0.5)

   

 Neither disagree nor agree

138

(4.8)

61

(2.1)

   

 Agree or strongly agree

2303

(79.6)

2433

(84.1)

   

 Missing

378

(13.1)

383

(13.2)

   

I feel comfortable taking an online CPD

    

 < 0.01

− 21.7

− 0.31

 Strongly disagree or disagree

142

(4.9)

21

(0.7)

   

 Neither disagree nor agree

188

(6.5)

48

(1.7)

   

 Agree or strongly agree

2172

(75.1)

2445

(84.5)

   

 Missing

390

(13.5)

378

(13.1)

   

Knowledge (mean score ± (SD)) d

69.8 ± 17.6

87.3 ± 15.2

 < 0.01

− 36.1

− 0.37

  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 = 2694, n for post-knowledge test = 2892