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Table 5 Health work force factors that influence conduct of MPDR among health workers in Oyam district

From: The conduct of maternal and perinatal death reviews in Oyam District, Uganda: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Independent Variables

Total No. of participants 66 (%)

No participation n = 43 (%)

Participated n = 23(%)

χ2 (p-value)

Awareness

    

Health worker knows the main objectives of MPDR

    

 Yes

40 (60.6)

20(46.5)

20(87.0)

 

 No

26 (39.4)

23(53.5)

3(−13.0)

10.3 (0.001)

MPDR objectives communicated to health workers

    

 Yes

25 (37.9)

11(25.6)

14(60.9)

 

 No

28 (42.4)

24(55.8)

4(17.4)

 

 Don’t know

13 (19.7)

8(18.6)

5(21.7)

10.2 (0.006)

Health worker trained to conduct MPDR

    

 Yes

14 (21.2)

11(25.6)

3(13.0)

 

 No

52 (78.8)

32(74.4)

20(87.0)

1.4 (0.346)

Attitudes

    

Health worker feels encouraged to conduct MPDR

    

 Yes

62 (93.9)

41 (95.3)

21 (91.3)

 

 No

4 (6.1)

2 (4.7)

2 (8.7)

0.4 (0.435)

MPDR affects how you provide maternal and newborn care

 Yes

62 (93.9)

40 (93.0)

22 (95.7)

 

 No

4 (6.1)

3 (7.0)

1 (4.3)

0.2 (1.000)

Perceptions

    

Conducting MPDR inconveniences you

    

 Disagree

51 (77.3)

34(79.1)

17(73.9)

 

 Agree

15 (22.7)

9(20.9)

6(26.1)

0.2 (0.634)

Conducting MPDR increases your workload

    

 Disagree

37 (56.1)

24(55.8)

13(56.5)

 

 Agree

29 (43.9)

19(44.2)

10(43.5)

0.0 (0.956)

MPDR improves maternal and newborn care

    

 Disagree

7 (10.6)

7(16.3)

0(0.0)

 

 Agree

59 (89.4)

36(83.7)

23(100.0)

4.2 (0.041)

Your capacity built by district or ministry of health to conduct MPDR

 Disagree

40 (60.6)

26(60.5)

14(60.6)

 

 Agree

26 (39.4)

17(39.5)

9(39.1)

0.0 (0.974)

  1. P value < 0.05 is significant