Evaluating the effect of interventions for strengthening non-physician anesthetists’ education in Ethiopia: a pre- and post-evaluation study

Table 2 Comparison of non-physician anesthesia students’ sociodemographic characteristics, baseline (2013) and endline (2016)

Variable	University		P-value	RHSC		P-value
Variable	Baseline (n = 81)	Endline (=87)	P-value	Baseline (n = 41)	Endline (n = 17)	P-value
Gender
Male	69.1	57.47	0.117	21.95	23.53	0.574
Female	30.9	42.53	0.117	78.05	76.47	0.574
Age in years
20–24	88.9	96.55	0.051	17.07	29.41	0.510
25–30	11.1	3.45		70.73	58.82
> = 30	0	0		12.2	11.76
Hometown
Urban	64.2	13.79	< 0.001*	58.54	35.29	0.107
Rural	35.8	86.21	< 0.001*	41.46	64.71	0.107
Previous job experience related to anesthesia
Yes	4.9	4.7	0.606	4.88	17.65	0.144
No	95.1	95.4	0.606	95.12	82.35	0.144
Entry behavior
High school graduates	82.7	80.5	0.706	0	0	-^a
Clinical nurses	17.3	19.5	0.706	100	100	-^a

Note: Abbreviation: RHSC, regional health science college
P values were calculated using the Pearson chi-square test. * indicates P values considered statistically significant at < 0.05. ^a indicates no staistics are computed because entry behavioue is constant

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