Continuous Variables | Â | Â | Â | Mean (Standard Error) | P-valueâ•™ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) Average numbers of patients (per nurse and day) | 24.1 (0.9) | < 0.001§ | |||
(b)Illegible handwriting (per 100 patients) | 6.2 (0.3) | 0.01** | |||
(c)Omitted data of diagnosis(per 100 patients) | 3.7 (0.2) | < 0.001§ | |||
(d)Omitted data of slide confirmation(per 100 patients) | 6.2 (0.4) | < 0.01§ | |||
(e)Omitted data of treatment (per 100 patients) | 3.2 (0.2) | < 0.001 ** | |||
(f) Registered nurses among all nurses and nurse aides (%) | 34.6 (0.9) | < 0.001§ | |||
Ordinal Variables | Â | Â | Â | No. (%) | P-valueâ•™ |
 | (Almost) Never | Sometimes | Often | (Almost) Always |  |
(g)Registered nurse filled in Reports | 19(19.8%) | 43(44.8%) | 0(0%) | 34(35.4%) | < 0.001§ |
(h)Use of tally sheets | 19(19.8%) | 31(32.3%) | 0(0%) | 46(47.9%) | < 0.001§ |
(i)Daily counts of cases | 42 (43.8%) | 27(28.1%) | 18(18.8%) | 9 (9.4%) | < 0.001§ |
(j)Shared official definition of clinical malaria | 59 (61.5%) | 0(0%) | 15 (15.6%) | 22 (22.9%) | < 0.001§ |
(k)Weekly meeting by nurses and microscopists | 50 (52.1%) | 7 (7.3%) | 12 (12.5%) | 27 (28.1%) | < 0.001§ |
Categorical variables | Â | Â | Â | No. (%) | Â |
(l)Clinic level* | Area Health Clinic (AHC) | Area Health Clinic (AHC) | Â | ||
 | 72(75%) | 24(25%) | - | ||
(m)Rainy season | Seven months (from November to March) 56(58.3%) | - |