The effectiveness of an abbreviated training program for health workers in breast cancer awareness: innovative strategies for resource constrained environments

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Table 2 Multivariate analysis of questionnaire and OSCE‡

Variable	Questionnaire	OSCE
Randomization group
GROUP 4 (CONTROL POST TEST)	Ref	Ref
GROUP 3 (CONTROL, PRE & POST TEST)	2.140**	-0.206
	(0.414 - 3.865)	(-3.094 - 2.682)
p-value	0.0151	0.889
GROUP 2 (TRAINED POST TEST)	4.853***	11.12***
	(3.048 - 6.658)	(7.850 - 14.39)
p-value	<0.00001	<0.00001
GROUP 2 (TRAINED, PRE & POST TEST)	4.051***	7.932***
	(2.281 - 5.820)	(5.004 - 10.86)
p-value	<0.00001	<0.00001
IMPACT OF INTERVENTION
Pre-intervention	Ref	Ref
Post-intervention	1.920***	3.308***
	(1.123 - 2.716)	(0.795 - 5.821)
p-value	<0.00001	0.00989
a) By age category
20-25	Ref	Ref
25-30	0.620	0.216
	(-0.705 - 1.944)	(-1.133 - 1.565)
	0.359	0.754
30-35	0.495	-0.670
	(-1.231 - 2.222)	(-2.531 - 1.191)
	0.574	0.480
>35	-0.267	0.139
	(-1.884 - 1.350)	(-1.512 - 1.790)
	0.746	0.869
b) By Gender
Female	Ref	Ref
Male	0.0344	-1.284*
	(-1.369 - 1.438)	(-2.642 - 0.0732)
p-value	0.962	0.0637
c) Cared for a patient with breast cancer
No	Ref	Ref
Yes	1.484	-0.204
	(-0.437 - 3.406)	(-1.807 - 1.398)
p-value	0.130	0.803
d) Family history of breast cancer
No	Ref	Ref
Yes	0.661	-1.752**
	(-0.725 - 2.048)	(-3.257 - -0.247)
p-value	0.350	0.0225
Overall mean	13.00	10.22

in parenthesis *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 ‡ From Generalized estimating equation. Ref- reference group, category with which all others presented in the table are compared.