Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of Neonatal Resuscitation in Ethiopia: Analysis from 2016 National Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Survey

Table 3

Linear regression analysis of predictors of knowledge of NR among health care providers.

Characteristics	Univariate Analysis			Multivariate Analysis
	Β	95%CI	P-value	β adj.	95%CI	P-value
Age in completed years, Mean [SD]	0.01	(-0.03,0.05)	0.62			NS
Sex of care provider, n ()
Female	0.47	(0.11,0.83)	0.00			NS
Male	1
Current qualification of care provider, n ()
MD/HO	0.71	-0.20,1.62	0.13			NS
Midwifes	1.65	(1.17,2.12)	0.00
Nurse	1
Work experience in years, (Mean ± SD)	-0.020	(-0.04,-0.01)	0.03			NS
Providers trained on NR, n ()
No	1
Yes	1.11	(0.67,1.55)	0.00	2.65	(0.65,4.62)	0.00
Residence of care provider, n ()
Urban	1
Rural	-0.99	(-1.34,-0.63)	0.00			NS
Provider has copy of job description, N=218
Yes	1
No	0.36	(-0.41,1.13)	0.00			NS
Facility type, n ()
Hospital/MCH center	-1.55	(-2.17,-0.93)	0.00			NS
Health center/Clinics	1
Operating agency, n ()
Government	-0.21	(-1.13,0.71)	0.00			NS
Private	1
Facility has guideline on NR, n ()
Yes	1.25	(0.88,1.61)	0.00	2.50	(0.60-3.52)	0.00
No	1
Facility has staff rotation for new born care service, n ()
Yes	1
No	0.51	(0.14,0.88)	0.00			NS
Facility has a separate new born corner, n ()
Yes	1.16	(0.77,1.54)	0.00			NS
No	1
Facility has separate NICU
Yes	1.46	(0.66,2.25)	0.00			NS
No	1
Infrastructure components,mean(±SD)	0.24	(-0.04,0.52)	0.09			NS
Mean availability of essential equipment (mean ± SD)	0.58	(0.48,0.68)	0.00	0.95	(0.44,1.45)	0.00

NB. β adj. is adjusted β; P is P-value, CI is confidence interval.