Effect of a peer-educational intervention on provider knowledge and reported performance in family planning services: a cluster randomized trial

Table 3 Percentage of correctly reported provider performance* in the intervention (I) and control (C) groups before and 27 months (follow-up II) after the intervention

Items	Needs assess-ment^†	Follow-up II
		Non in-charges		All providers
		I	C	I	C
IUD insertion (only for providers with at least five IUD insertions within a recent year)
1. Recommend to use ibuprofen or other analgesics 30 minutes before insertion	35	65	61	66	58
2. Hand washing with soap and water before wearing gloves	54	76	58	71	59
3. Bimanual pelvic examination	55	65^‡	33	57	44
4. Use of tenaculum	82	97^‡	78	93	84
5. Use of a uterine sound	71	91	94	90	90
6. Inserting IUD with no-touch** method	---	67	66	65	67
n^††	46	34	36	55	62
DMPA injection (only providers with at least five DMPA injection within recent one year)
7. Hand washing with soap and water before injection	42	59	45	55	44
8. Massage injection site (Incorrect)	88	94	90	93	90
9. Recapping needles after injection (Incorrect)	52	80	80	76	78
n	58	51	51	80	81

* is done 'always' or 'mostly' in correct and 'never' or 'seldom' in incorrect items
^† The needs assessment was done only for the in-charges
^‡ p < 0.05 compared with the control group
** This question was excluded from the needs assessment analysis because the meaning of this method was not clear to some participants; it was explained in the follow-up questionnaire
^†† IUD could only be inserted by the midwives

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