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Table 6 Average scores and percentage of training participants who scored the expected scores on different NCDs domains

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

Disease domain

Max scores

Average scores: Pre-test

Average scores: Post-test

p-values

Expected/ best scores

% scored the expected scores-

p-value

Pre-test = 42(%)

Post-test = 42(%)

Diabetes Mellitus

 Physiology

1

0.76

0.93

0.035

1

32(76.2)

39(92.9)

0.035

 Diagnosis

4

1.64

2.26

0.002

2+

23(54.8)

34(81.0)

0.01

 Treatment

5

2.31

2.36

0.828

3+

16(38.1)

19(45.2)

0.441

Heart failure

 Diagnosis

3

1.57

1.69

0.508

2+

42(100)

42(100)

NA

 Physiology

2

0.83

1.24

0.01

1+

29(69.1)

34(81.0)

0.208

Rheumatic Heart Diseases

 Diagnosis

1

0.48

0.86

< 0.001

1

20(47.6)

36(85.7)

< 0.001

 Treatment

2

0.52

1.19

< 0.001

1+

17(40.5)

34(81.0)

< 0.001

Sickle Cell Disease

 Diagnosis

3

1.86

1.83

0.897

2+

27(64.3)

30(71.4)

0.483

 Complications

1

0.88

0.92

0.463

1

37(88.1)

39(92.9)

0.457

 Risk factors

2

0.67

0.91

0.135

1+

23(54.8)

28(66.7)

0.264

 Treatment

4

1.26

0.19

0.009

2+

15(35.7)

23(54.8)

0.079

 All three diseases

28

12.79

16.05

< 0.001

16+

6(14.3)

18(42.9)

0.004