Table 2 Reported trainings and knowledge among health workers about EVD and malaria case management in the context of the EVD epidemic, Guinea 2014
Total (n = 121) | EVD-affected (n = 60) | EVD-unaffected (n = 61) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
% (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||
Received any information on EVD identification and case management | 72.9 (61.0–84.8) | 68.6 (48.8–88.3) | 78.0 (66.2–89.8) | 0.39 |
Traininga | 46.9 (30.9–62.8) | 63.3 (38.6–88.0) | 30.0 (10.4–49.6) | 0.04 |
Supervisor | 13.9 (0.9–26.8) | 18.5 (0.0–39.9) | 9.1 (0.0–24.7) | 0.47 |
Internet | 0.7 (0.0–2.24) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 1.5 (0.0–4.6) | < 0.001 |
Radio | 33.3 (16.8–49.8) | 26.6 (0.3–52.8) | 40.2 (17.7–62.7) | 0.43 |
Poster | 19.9 (3.9–36.0) | 37.9 (11.2–64.6) | 1.4 (0.0–3.2) | < 0.001 |
Received any information on malaria case management in the context of the EVD epidemic | 35.1 (21.5–48.6) | 32.2 (11.6–52.7) | 38.4 (20.7–56.2) | 0.64 |
Traininga | 50.9 (25.1–76.8) | 69.7 (20.8–100.0) | 32.5 (2.4–62.6) | 0.20 |
Supervisor | 11.0 (0.0–27.1) | 5.7 (0.2–11.3) | 16.2 (0.0–47.7) | 0.32 |
Internet | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | – |
Radio | 19.6 (0.0–46.9) | 29.7 (0.0–78.9) | 9.8 (0.0–30.5) | 0.37 |
Poster | 19.0 (0.0–45.6) | 38.3 (0.0–85.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | – |
Received PPE training in previous 6 months | 59.5 (45.8–73.2) | 80.0 (60.6–99.4) | 35.5 (19.3–51.7) | 0.0041 |
Knows how to correctly identify suspected EVD case (self-report) | 93.0 (87.9–98.0) | 98.7 (96.8–100.0) | 86.3 (76.0–96.6) | 0.0036 |
Correctly identified ≥ 5 clinical symptoms of a suspected EVD case | 65.3 (51.5–79.1) | 84.0 (68.4–99.6) | 40.3 (21.6–59.0) | 0.0029 |
Differentiate between suspected EVD case and suspected malaria case by | ||||
Malaria rapid diagnostic test | 49.8 (35.4–64.1) | 36.0 (16.6–55.4) | 68.2 (47.8–88.6) | 0.03 |
Notion of contact with EVD case | 34.5 (20.2–48.8) | 41.8 (21.0–62.5) | 24.7 (4.4–45.1) | 0.25 |
Symptoms | 79.5 (68.5–90.6) | 85.8 (75.3–96.3) | 71.2 (50.7–91.6) | 0.16 |