Research Article

Health Facilities’ Readiness to Manage Hypertension and Diabetes Cases at Primary Health Facilities in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Yumbe District, Uganda

Table 6

Bivariate analysis between readiness among healthcare workers and sociodemographic characteristics.

VariableReadiness of healthcare workersTotalFisher’s/chi-square (χ2), degree of freedom (df) value
Not readyReady

Age category (years)3.4410.137
 20–2923 (21.7%)83 (78.3%)106
 30–3912 (33.3%)24 (66.7%)36
 40–490 (0.0%)6 (100%)6
Sex19.67 (1)<0.001
 Male28 (40.0%)42 (60%)70
 Female71 (91.0%)7 (9.0%)78
Education level12.84 (2)0.002
 Certificate77 (86.5%)12 (13.5%)89
 Diploma32 (61.5%)20 (38.5%)52
 Bachelors4 (57.1%)3 (42.9%)7
Profession/cadre33.27<0.001
 Nurse43 (76.8%)13 (23.2%)56
 Midwife50 (98.0%)1 (2.0%)51
 Clinical officer18 (48.6%)19 (51.4%)37
 Medical officer2 (50.0%)2 (50.0%)4

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