Research Article
An Evaluation of the Knowledge and Utilization of the Partogragh in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Care Settings in Calabar, South-South Nigeria
Table 1
Demographic profile of the subjects.
| | UCTH (30) Freq. (%) | GHC (20) Freq. (%) | PHCs Freq. (%) | Total
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| Age | | | | | ≤29 | 29 (22.0) | 9 (6.9) | 2 (7.1) | 40 (13.8) | 30–39 | 44 (33.3) | 28 (21.5) | 11 (39.3) | 88 (28.6) | 40–49 | 40 (30.3) | 71 (54.7) | 11 (39.3) | 122 (42.1) | >50 | 19 (14.4) | 22 (16.9) | 4 (14.3) | 45 (15.5) | Total | 132 (100) | 130 (100) | 28 (100) | 290 (100) | Mean (SD) | | | | | Sex | | | | | Male | 17 (12.9) | 3 (2.3) | 2 (7.1) | 22 (7.6) | Female | 115 (87.1) | 127 (97.7) | 26 (92.9) | 268 (92.4) | Total | 132 (100) | 130 (100) | 28 (100) | 290 (100) | Length of time in practice | | | | | 1–5 | 31 (23.5) | 12 (9.2) | 2 (7.1) | 45 (15.6) | 6–10 | 30 (22.7) | 8 (6.2) | 2 (7.1) | 40 (13.8) | 11–15 | 23 (17.4) | 18 (13.8) | 7 (25.0) | 48 (16.6) | 16–20 | 23 (17.4) | 26 (20.0) | 7 (25.0) | 56 (19.3) | >20 | 25 (18.9) | 66 (50.8) | 10 (33.7) | 101 (34.8) | Total | 132 (100) | 130 (100) | 28 (100) | 290 (100) | Health worker cadre | | | | | Nurse/midwife | 109 (82.6) | 102 (78.5) | 14 (50.0) | 225 (77.5) | CHEW | 14 (10.6) | 8 (6.2) | 6 (21.4) | 28 (9.7) | Nurse aid | 9 (6.8) | 8 (6.2) | 3 (10.7) | 20 (6.9) | Others* | 0 (0) | 12 (9.2) | 5 (17.9) | 17 (5.9) | Total | 132 (100) | 130 (100) | 28 (100) | 290 (100) |
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Others included JCHEWS and community aids.
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