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Table 5 Association between health system factors and performance of CHWs

From: Performance of community health workers managing malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea under the community case management programme in central Uganda: a cross sectional study

Variable

Performance

Crude analysis

 

Good [n, %]

Poor [n, %]

OR (95% CI)

P value

Received iCCM training

    

Yes

73 (100)

262 (99.6)

  

No

0

1 (0.4)

-

0.598

Refresher training in iCCM

   

Yes

64 (87.7)

236 (89.7)

1.00

 

No

9(12.3)

27 (10.3)

1.23 (0.55-2.75)

0.614

Received appointment letter

   

No

39 (53.4)

211 (80.2)

1.00

 

Yes

34 (46.6)

52 (19.8)

3.57 (2.00-6.25)

<0.001

Received job aids

    

Yes

73 (100)

255 (96.6)

  

No

0

8 (3.4)

-

0.132

Workload

    

Okay

57 (78.1)

162 (61.6)

1.00

 

Too much

16 (21.9)

101 (38.4)

0.45 (0.24-0.83)

0.009

Facilitation given

    

Inadequate

53 (72.6)

194 (73.8)

1.00

 

Adequate

20 (27.4)

69 (26.2)

1.06 (0.59-1.9)

0.843

Support from health facilities

   

Yes

68 (91.2)

222 (84.4)

1.00

 

No

5 (8.8)

41 (15.6)

0.40 (0.15-1.05)

0.055

Feedback from supervisors

   

More than a month

15 (21.5)

138 (52.9)

1.00

 

Within a month

58 (79.5)

123 (47.1)

4.34 (2.28-8.24)

<0.001

Attendance of review meetings

   

Every month

11 (15.1)

37 (14.1)

1.00

 

Every 3 months

57 (78.1)

219 (83.4)

0.88 (0.42-1.83)

0.723

Once a year

5 (6.8)

7(2.5)

2.4 (0.62-9.37)

0.193

Drug stock outs in last 3 months

   

Yes

37 (50.7)

192 (73.0)

1.00

 

No

36 (49.3)

71 (27.0)

2.63 (1.53-4.54)

<0.001