Research Article
Translating Research into Practice in Low-Resource Countries: Progress in Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV in Nigeria
Table 3
Nurse demographic characteristics by PMTCT training,
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| | MNCH nurse characteristics | PMTCT training
(43%) | No PMTCT training
(57%) | value† |
| | | (SD) | (SD) | | | Age (years) | 43 (8.1) | 39.1 (8.8) |
0.001 | | RN experience (years) | 18.3 (8.6) | 15.2 (8.8) | 0.01 | | Professional rank | (%) | (%) | 0.764 | | Staff nurse, direct care | 68 (43) | 89 (57) | | | Staff nurse, direct & indirectb | 14 (48) | 15 (52) | | | Nurse matron | 10 (38) | 16 (61) | | | Nursing education | | | 1.0 | | Diploma prepared | 90 (43) | 118 (57) | | | BSN or MSc | 3 (38) | 5 (62) | | | MNCH specialty (assigned unit) | | | 0.007‡ | | Maternity (labor and delivery) | 37 (52) | 34 (48) | | | Special care baby unit//neonatal ICU | 10 (25) | 29 (74) | | | Antenatal clinic | 19 (61) | 12 (39) | | | Primary healthcare | 4 (44) | 5 (56) | | | Pediatric unit | 10 (33) | 20 (66) | | | Rotating MNCH nurses | 9 (45) | 11 (55) | | | Postpartum | 2 (14) | 12 (86) | | | Facility/level of care | | | 0.067 | | Primary | 5 (31) | 11 (69) | | | Secondary | 44 (52) | 40 (48) | | | Tertiary | 43 (37) | 72 (62) | |
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N varies due to missing data; bnurses had additional administrative duties; †-test or chi-square test was used; ‡Fisher’s exact test was used.
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