Knowledge and practice of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV guidelines amongst doctors and nurses at Odi Hospital, Tshwane District

Figures & data

Table 1: Demographic characteristics of respondents

Characteristic	No.
Sex
Male	17
Female	107
Total	124
Designation
Doctor	24
Professional nurse	41
Enrolled nurse	43
Enrolled nursing assistant	16
Total	124
Basic qualification
Bachelor’s degree	26
Diploma	37
Tertiary certificate	48
School certificate	13
Total	124
Post-basic qualification
Master’s degree	2
Diploma	9
Certificate	2
Total	13
Years of clinical practice
< 5	12
5–9	34
10–14	26
15–19	18
≥ 20	28
Total	118

Table 2: Respondents’ knowledge and practice of PMTCT programme

Attribute	Variable	Response	Number (n = 124)	Proportion (%)
Knowledge	Procedure	Correct initial procedural step	117	94.4
	Procedure	Correct subsequent procedural step	107	86.3
	Medication	Correct combination of medicines for PMTCT	43	34.7
	Medication	Correct dosages of medicine	26	21
	Medication	Correct indication for ARVs	102	82.3
Practice	Screening	Correctly performs HIV test	100	80.6
	Intervention	Correctly cares for pregnant woman presenting late	102	82.3
	Intervention	Correctly cares for HIV- negative pregnant woman	93	75
	Intervention	Correctly cares for HIV- exposed newborn	88	71

Table 3: Association between respondents’ demographic characteristics and knowledge and practice of PMTCT

Factor	n (%)	Mean (±SD) of correct answers	t-test	p-value
Practice
Males	17 (14%)	76.5 (±27.20)	0.027	0.979
Females	107 (86%)	76.6 (±24.10)
Doctors	24 (19%)	75.0 (±30.40)	0.359	0.720
Nurses	100 (81%)	77.0 (±22.94)
Knowledge
Males	17 (14%)	63.5 (±19.02)	0.216	0.829
Females	107 (86%)	62.3 (±23.36)
Doctors	24 (19%)	79.2 (±23.20)		0.001⃰
Nurses	100 (81%)	58.4 (±22.83)
Years of practice
Males	15 (13%)	13.9 (±9.11)	0.701	0.484
Females	103 (87%)	12.5 (±6.91)
Doctors	22 (19%)	9.7 (±8.79)	2.22	0.028⃰
Nurses	96 (81%)	13.41 (±6.66)