Effect of awareness training to frontline health workers and the use of e-based technology on reporting of brucellosis cases in selected pastoral communities, Tanzania: a quasi-experimental study

Mligo, Belinda Joseph; Sindato, Calvin; Yapi, Richard B; Mwabukusi, Mpoki; Mathew, Coletha; Mkupasi, Ernatus M; Karimuribo, Esron D; Kazwala, Rudovick R

doi:10.1186/s42522-023-00084-3

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Table 2 Association between HWs sociodemographic with knowledge, practice and attitude mean scores about brucellosis in pastoral communities

From: Effect of awareness training to frontline health workers and the use of e-based technology on reporting of brucellosis cases in selected pastoral communities, Tanzania: a quasi-experimental study

	Knowledge score		Practice score		Attitude score
Variable	Pre knowledge	Post knowledge	Pre practice	Post-practice	Pre attitude	Post attitude
Gender	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Female	0.73 ± 0.13	0.84 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0	0.19 ± 0.15	0.95 ± 0.08	0.98 ± 0.05
Male	0.74 ± 0.24	0.91 ± 0.09	0.1 ± 0.06	0.23 ± 0.13	0.95 ± 0.11	0.97 ± 0.05
P-value	0.854	0.053	0.834	0.503	0.919	0.684
Age in years
21–30	0.77 ± 0.09	0.89 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.04	0.3 ± 0.1	0.99 ± 0.04	0.95 ± 0.09
31–40	0.67 ± 0.26	0.89 ± 0.09	0.09 ± 0.03	0.2 ± 0.13	0.92 ± 0.1	0.98 ± 0.03
41–50	0.86 ± 0.05	0.89 ± 0.12	0.12 ± 0.04	0.2 ± 0.17	0.94 ± 0.09	1 ± 0
> 50	0.6 ± 0.52	0.9 ± 0.14	0.1 ± 0.06	0.2 ± 0.14	0.87 ± 0.23	1 ± 0
P-value	0.255	0.988	0.011*	0.446	0.175	0.254
Education level
Secondary	0.52 ± 0.43	0.97 ± 0.05	0.1 ± 0.04	0.2 ± 0.14	0.97 ± 0.08	1 ± 0
College	0.79 ± 0.09	0.87 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.21	0.94 ± 0.1	0.98 ± 0.05
P-value	0.004**	0.121	0.907	0.569	0.593	0.533
Position
Medical doctor	0.8 ± 0	0.85 ± 0.07	0.1 ± 0	0.4 ± 0.07	0.95 ± 0.07	1 ± 0
Medical officer	0.67 ± 0.06	0.1 ± 0.06	0.1 ± 0	0.2 ± 0.12	0.9 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1
Medical Assistant	0.74 ± 0.21	0.88 ± 0.09	0.1 ± 0.02	0.2 ± 0.12	0.94 ± 0.09	0.98 ± 0.05
Nurse	0.71 ± 0.32	0.87 ± 0.15	0.1 ± 0.08	0.2 ± 0.19	0.94 ± 0.15	1 ± 0
Laboratory technicians	0.83 ± 0.12	0.87 ± 0.06	0.2 ± 0.06	0.3 ± 0.17	1 ± 0	1 ± 0
P-value	0.900	0.660	0.194	0.408	0.835	0.065
Length of stay in position(years)
0–10	0.78 ± 0.09	0.89 ± 0.09	0.1 ± 0.03	0.2 ± 0.12	0.97 ± 0.07	0.98 ± 0.06
11–20	0.5 ± 0.41	0.88 ± 0.08	0.06 ± 0.05	0.1 ± 0.14	0.92 ± 0.1	0.98 ± 0.04
21–30	0.9 ± 0	0.77 ± 0.15	0.1 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.2	0.87 ± 0.23	1 ± 0
P-value	0.004**	0.107	0.099	0.081	0.189	0.809
Working experience in workstation(years)
Less than a year	0.4 ± 0.46	0.88 ± 0.13	0.05 ± 0.06	0.25 ± 0.17	1 ± 0	0.9 ± 0.12
1–5 years	0.79 ± 0.11	0.89 ± 0.11	0.11 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.15	0.93 ± 0.1	0.99 ± 0.03
> 5 years	0.8 ± 0	0.86 ± 0.07	0.1 ± 0	0.2 ± 0.12	1 ± 0	1 ± 0
P-value	0.002**	0.634	0.048*	0.849	0.352	0.002**

* ANOVA test significant difference at p. value < 5%, **< 1%, % pre = pre-training, Post = post-training

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