Table 1 Baseline characteristics of Community Health Workers (n = 59)
Groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Total (n = 59) | Intervention (n = 31) | Control (n = 28) | p-value |
n(%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Gender | 1.000a | |||
Male | 2 (3.5) | 1 (3.4) | 1 (3.6) | |
Female | 55 (96.5) | 28 (96.6) | 27 (96.4) | |
Educational level | 1.000a | |||
Elementary school | 3 (5.5) | 2 (7.1) | 1 (3.7) | |
High school | 41 (74.5) | 20 (71.4) | 21 (77.8) | |
Higher education | 11 (20.0) | 6 (21.4) | 5 (18.5) | |
Previous training in pregnant health | 31 (52.5) | 16 (51.6) | 15 (53.6) | 0.880b |
Previous training in child health | 43 (72.9) | 22 (71.0) | 21 (75.0) | 0.728b |
Previous training in home visits | 7 (11.9) | 3 (9.7) | 4 (14.3) | 0.698a |
Have interest in attending training | 57 (96.6) | 30 (96.8) | 27 (96.4) | 1.000a |
Have difficult to attend trainings | 16 (27.1) | 10 (32.3) | 6 (21.4) | 0.350b |
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
Age (years) | 44.96 ± 10.05 | 45.96 ± 11.22 | 43.93 ± 8.76 | p-value |
Years of experience as CHW | 16.67 ± 8.06 | 18.58 ± 9.14 | 14.96 ± 6.68 | 0.457c |
Years of work in the same FHU | 14.54 ± 7.86 | 15.38 ± 9.46 | 13.63 ± 5.73 | 0.110c |
Number of families assisted | 194.15 ± 32.81 | 189.84 ± 28.82 | 198.93 ± 36.67 | 0.411c |
Number of pregnant visited per month | 5.70 ± 2.867 | 4.89 ± 2.18 | 7.09 ± 3.44 | 0.292c |
Number of home visits in pregnancy | 8.19 ± 2.67 | 7.96 ± 2.78 | 9.53 ± 2.54 | 0.077c |
Duration of home visit to pregnant (minutes) | 26.79 ± 8.23 | 25.35 ± 8.91 | 28.57 ± 7.09 | 0.359d |
Number of children under 1 year visited a month | 8.55 ± 4.67 | 7.90 ± 4.45 | 9.54 ± 4.99 | 0.271d |
Number of home visits to children until 9 months | 8.48 ± 3.52 | 9.07 ± 4.63 | 7.84 ± 1.51 | 0.333c |
Duration of home visit to child (minutes) | 26.25 ± 8.83 | 24.20 ± 8.97 | 28.95 ± 8.09 | 0.078d |