|
Basic characteristics of health care workers in study of knowledge about blood born pathogens at first level health facilities in Sindh province of Pakistan 2004 |
||
| Characteristics |
n |
% |
|
|
||
| Age (years) (n = 235) |
||
| < 20 |
42 |
17.9 |
| 20–30 |
78 |
33.2 |
| 30–40 |
62 |
25.9 |
| 40 or more |
53 |
22.6 |
| Mean age of respondent (Std) |
30.0(10.76) |
|
| District (n = 238) |
||
| Mirpurkhas |
137 |
57.3 |
| Larkana |
101 |
42.3 |
| Area (n = 239) |
||
| Urban |
55 |
23 |
| Rural |
184 |
77 |
| Facility by owner (n = 239) |
||
| Public |
39 |
16.3 |
| Private |
200 |
83.7 |
| Facility by major provider (n = 238) |
||
| Public physician |
29 |
12.1 |
| GP |
128 |
53.8 |
| Non MBBS |
81 |
33.9 |
| Respondent type (n = 239) |
||
| MBBS Prescriber |
42 |
17.6 |
| Non-MBBS prescriber |
22 |
9.2 |
| Dispenser |
166 |
69.5 |
| Housekeeper |
9 |
3.8 |
| Professional Qualification |
||
| MBBS |
42 |
17.6 |
| Nursing Diploma |
20 |
8.4 |
| B-Pharmacy |
56 |
23.4 |
| Dispenser/lab technician diploma |
12 |
5.0 |
| Homaopathy |
30 |
12.6 |
| No professional education |
79 |
33.1 |
| Years of work experience |
||
| 1 st (0–3) |
60 |
25.1 |
| 2 nd (4–7) |
60 |
25.1 |
| 3 rd (8–14) |
66 |
27.6 |
| 4 (> 14) |
53 |
22.18 |
| Mean years of work experience |
9.55 |
7.6 |
Janjua et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:81 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-81 |
||