Determinants of consistent high knowledge of critical danger signs among 262 enrolled auxiliary midwives (AMWs)
Variables | Proportion with consistent high knowledge of critical danger signs (%, n/N) | OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p Value |
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
Villages | ||||
Hard-to-reach | 13/48 (27.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.84 |
Non-hard-to-reach | 76/214 (35.5) | 1.48 (0.74 to 2.98) | 1.08 (0.50 to 2.34) | |
Age | ||||
<35 years | 53/174 (30.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.054 |
≥35 years | 36/88 (40.9) | 1.58 (0.92 to 2.71) | 2.19 (0.99 to 4.87) | |
Education | ||||
Secondary and below | 35/109 (32.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.76 |
Above secondary | 54/153 (35.3) | 1.15 (0.68 to 1.94) | 1.10 (0.59 to 2.08) | |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 42/132 (31.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.84 |
Married | 47/130 (36.2) | 1.21 (0.73 to 2.03) | 1.06 (0.57 to 2.02) | |
Number of years working as an AMW | ||||
<10 years | 41/134 (30.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.27 |
≥10 years | 48/128 (37.5) | 1.36 (0.81 to 2.28) | 0.61 (0.25 to 1.46) | |
Any other job apart from AMW work | ||||
AMW only | 52/148 (35.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.20 |
Additional job | 37/114 (32.5) | 0.89 (0.53 to 1.49) | 0.68 (0.39 to 1.21) | |
Training and supervision characteristics | ||||
Refresher training | ||||
No or 1 year and more | 33/125 (26.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.010 |
Less than 1 year | 56/137 (40.9) | 1.93 (1.13 to 3.28) | 2.20 (1.21 to 4.01) | |
Adequate supervision | ||||
Not adequate | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | <0.001 |
Adequate | 67/138 (48.6) | 4.38 (2.39 to 7.99) | 5.04 (2.74 to 9.29) |
Bold indicates satistical significance.