Knowledge on Newborn Life Support among the Healthcare Providers in a Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of the HCPs (n = 191).

Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Position
House officers	10	5.2
Medical officers	19	9.9
Registrars	4	2.1
Senior registrars	3	1.6
Nursing sisters	4	2.1
Nursing officers	118	61.8
Midwives	33	17.3
Gender
Female	172	90.1
Male	19	9.9
Age
34 years or less	68	35.6
35–50 years	90	47.1
51–65 years	14	7.3
Missing	19	9.9