Table 3 Evaluation of the quality of thick and thin blood smears before and after the training course
From: Impact of a training course on the quality of malaria diagnosis by microscopy in Angola
Classification | Laboratory | Thick blood smear | Thin blood smear | Slides without thin blood smear | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-course% | Post-course% | P value* | Pre-course% | Post-course% | P value* | Pre-course% | Post-course% | ||
Bengo | n = 200 | n = 197 | n = 200 | n = 197 | |||||
Bad | 63.5 | 55.8 | 0.102 | 87.0 | 75.1 | 0.003† | 58.0 | 20.8 | |
Satisfactory | 32.0 | 41.7 | 13.0 | 24.4 | |||||
Good | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | |||||
Benguela | n = 107 | n = 99 | n = 107 | n = 99 | |||||
Bad | 32.7 | 9.0 | <0.001 | 74.7 | 18.2 | <0.001 | 0 | 0 | |
Satisfactory | 44.9 | 25.3 | 20.6 | 31.3 | |||||
Good | 22.4 | 65.7 | 4.7 | 50.5 | |||||
Luanda | n = 168 | n = 202 | n = 168 | n = 202 | |||||
Bad | 64.8 | 68.9 | 0.724 | 79.1 | 80.2 | 0.073 | 7.1 | 3.0 | |
Satisfactory | 29.2 | 25.7 | 17.9 | 12.4 | |||||
Good | 6.0 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 7.4 | |||||
Total | n = 475 | n = 498 | n = 475 | n = 498 | |||||
Bad | 57.0 | 51.8 | 0.003 | 81.5 | 65.8 | <0.001 | 26.9 | 9.4 | |
Satisfactory | 33.9 | 31.9 | 16.4 | 20.9 | |||||
Good | 9.1 | 16.3 | 2.1 | 13.3 | |||||