Research Article
Knowledge on Newborn Life Support among the Healthcare Providers in a Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Table 4
Comparison of knowledge on NLS among different categories of HCPs (n = 191).
| | Position | Level of knowledge on NLS | Total | Significance | | 9-10 (very good) | 6–8 (good) | 4-5 (average) | 0–3 (poor) | | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) |
| | Medical officer | 9 (4.7) | 24 (12.5) | 3 (1.57) | 0 (0) | 36 (18.8) | χ2 = 18.43 | | Nursing officer | 17 (8.9) | 80 (41.8) | 22 (11.5) | 3 (1.57) | 122 (63.8) | df = 3 | | Midwives | 1 (0.5) | 15 (7.8) | 16 (8.37) | 1 (0.52) | 33 (17.2) | | | Total | 27 (14.1) | 119 (62.3) | 41(21.4) | 4 (2.09) | 191 (100) | |
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value is significant at 0.05. |
