Table 2 Percentage of providers who conducted vacuum extraction in the last 3 months, by select characteristics
|  | Performance in last 3 months | ||
|---|---|---|---|
n | % | p-value | |
Professional category | |||
 AMOs / MDs | 40 | 40.0 | 0.130 |
 COs | 31 | 19.4 |  |
 NOs / ANOs / RNs | 95 | 25.3 |  |
 Enrolled nurses | 131 | 34.4 |  |
Sex | |||
 Male | 136 | 37.5 | 0.020 |
 Female | 160 | 25.0 |  |
Age | |||
 21–29 | 122 | 27.0 | 0.692 |
 30–39 | 66 | 34.8 |  |
 40–49 | 64 | 32.8 |  |
 50–60 | 44 | 31.8 |  |
Years since qualification | |||
  < 4 years | 74 | 28.4 | 0.921 |
 5–7 years | 82 | 30.5 |  |
 8–14 years | 57 | 33.3 |  |
 15–37 years | 64 | 32.8 |  |
Pre- and in-service training in VE | |||
 Pre-service only | 63 | 12.7 | < 0.001 |
 In-service only | 44 | 61.4 |  |
 Both pre- and in-service | 126 | 57.1 |  |
 Unspecified training | 4 | 100.0 |  |
 No training | 60 | 0 |  |
Knowledge score | |||
 Lower 75% | 222 | 25.7 | 0.001 |
 Top 25% | 75 | 45.3 |  |
Attitudinal score | |||
 Perceived more barriers | 220 | 29.1 | 0.136 |
 Perceived fewer barriers | 77 | 35.1 |  |
Administrative Council | |||
 Kigoma Municipality | 57 | 12.3 | 0.001 |
 Other councils | 240 | 35.0 |  |