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Table 1 Shows the cut off points used to categorize knowledge of healthcare workers

From: Mid-level healthcare workers knowledge on non-communicable diseases in Tanzania: a district-level pre-and post-training assessment

Disease

Disease domain

Max/possible scores

Expected/best scores (adequate)

Diabetes Mellitus

Physiology

1

1

Diagnosis

4

2+

Treatment

5

3+

Heart failure

Diagnosis

3

2+

Physiology

2

1+

Rheumatic Heart Diseases

Diagnosis

1

1

Treatment

2

1+

Sickle Cell Disease

Diagnosis

3

2+

Complications

1

1

Risk factors

2

1+

Treatment

4

2+

Overall NCDs

All three diseases

28

16+