Effect of mentorship and a mHealth application in updating provider skills and knowledge in maternal and newborn care in two informal settlements of Nairobi

Table 2b Effect of intervention on provider reported ability to detect and manage complications during labour and delivery by institution and level of health service

	Baseline		End line		P value
Overall scores for provider knowledge on labour and delivery (0–95) (SD)	n-116	SD	n-141	SD
	29.1	(12.8)	44.3	(20.1)	< 0.001
*Knowledge of providers working in public facilities*	*n-69*		*n-58*
Labour and delivery (0–95) (SD)	29.4	11.7	45.5	16.5	< 0.001
*Knowledge of providers in private facilities*	*n-51*		*n-83*
Labour and delivery (0–95) (SD)	28.4	12.8	42.9	22.1	0.0001
*Knowledge of providers in dispensaries*	*n-17*		*n-18*
Labour and delivery (0–95) (SD)	24.1	(14.5)	30.4	(23.9)	0.351
*Knowledge of providers in health centres*	*n-78*		*n-73*
Labour and delivery (0–95) (SD)	28.4	(11.5)	43.0	(17.3)	< 0.001
*Knowledge of providers in hospitals*	25		50
Labour and delivery (0–95) (SD)	34.2	(11.0)	50.6	(17.1)	0.0001

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