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Table 2 Characteristics of patients and health workers among facilities assessed by both standard and locally-based methods

From: Evaluating the use of locally-based health facility assessments in Afghanistan: a pilot study of a novel research method

 

All [n(%)]

Standard method [n(%)]

Locally-based method [n(%)]

P-value1

All patients

203 (100)

94 (100)

109 (100)

0.70

  <5 years old

98 (48)

44 (47)

54 (50)

  ≥5 years old

105 (52)

50 (53)

55 (50)

  Female

106 (52)

53 (56)

53 (49)

 

  Male

95 (47)

39 (42)

56 (51)

 

  Sex unknown

2 (1)

2 (2)

0 (0)

 

All health workers

63 (100)

30 (100)

33 (100)

0.95

  Doctor

5 (8)

2 (7)

3 (9)

  Assistant doctor

3 (5)

2 (7)

1 (3)

  Nurse

14 (22)

6 (20)

8 (24)

  Midwife

14 (22)

7 (23)

7 (21)

  Vaccinator

27 (43)

13 (43)

14 (42)

  Female

19 (30)

10 (33)

9 (27)

 

  Male

44 (70)

20 (66)

24 (73)

 
  1. 1p-value calculated using chi-squared analysis.