Health Data Management Practice and Associated Factors Among Health Professionals Working at Public Health Facilities in Resource Limited Settings

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Health Professionals in North Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia, April, 2020

Variables	Frequency(#)	Percent (%)	Variables	Frequency(#)	Percent(%)
Sex			Field of study
Male	362	56.3	Nurse	212	33.0
Female	281	43.7	Medicine	56	8.7
Age			Midwife	114	17.7
<31	268	41.7	Pharmacy	67	10.4
31–40	231	35.9	Health officer	93	14.5
41–50	122	19.0	Laboratory	65	10.1
>51	22	3.4	Other	36	5.6
Residence			Work experience
Urban	282	43.9	<6	247	38.4
Rural	361	56.1	6–10	162	25.2
			>11	234	36.4
Educational			Work load
level			Yes	383	59.6
Diploma	226	35.1	No	260	40.4
Degree	387	60.2	Salary(in ETB)
Master	27	4.2	≤2800	146	22.7
			>2800	497	77.3

Table 2 Organizational and Technical Factors of HP’s in North Wollo Zone Factors Associated with Data Management Practice Northeast Ethiopia, April, 2020

Variables	Frequency(#)	Percent (%)	Variables	Frequency(#)	Percent (%)
Training			Availability of Reporting format
Yes	192	29.9	Yes	478	74.4
No	451	70.1	No	168	26.1
Supervision			Tally sheet
Yes	377	58.6	Yes	455	70.8
No	266	41.4	No	188	29.2
Feedback			Stationery
Yes	308	47.9	Yes	464	72.2
No	335	52.1	No	179	27.8
Datamanagement guide line			Graph paper
Yes	228	35.5	Yes	389	39.5
No	415	64.5	No	254	60.5
Incentives			Functional Computer
Yes	313	48.7	Yes	81	12.6
No	303	51.3	No	562	87.4

Table 3 Bivariate and Multivariable Logistic Regression Factors Associated with Data Management Practice Among HP at Primary Health Facilities in North Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia, 2020

Variable	Category	Data Management Practice		OR (95% CI)
		Good	Poor	Crude	Adjusted
Type of health facility	Hospital	118	163	1	1
	Health center	243	119	1.129(1.808, 2.57)	1.31(1.853, 2.003) *
Work load	Yes	187	196	1
	No	174	86	1.387(1.066, 2.075)
Data management knowledge	Poor	133	191	1	1
	Good	228	91	5.062(3.608, 7.101)	3.74(2.454, 5.713)*
Attitude toward data management	Unfavorable	112	128	1	1
	Favorable	249	161	3.59(2.589, 4.978)	2.64(1.746, 3.976)*
Competency level	Low	227	234	1	1
	High	134	48	2.979 (2.044, 4.343)	3.12(1.873, 5.197)*
Friendly format	No	128	164	1	1
	Yes	233	118	2.319(1.686, 3.191)	2.26(1.478, 3.454)*
Feedback	No	128	207	1
	Yes	233	75	3.709(2.660, 5.171)
Supervision	No	104	162	1	1
	Yes	257	120	3.555(2.557, 4.942)	1.78(1.153, 2.745)*
Reporting format	No	76	89
	Yes	285	193	1.67(1.170, 2.385)
Availability of data management guideline	No	97	131	1
	Yes	264	151	2.538(1.822, 3.535)
Incentive	No	153	177
	Yes	208	105	2.406(1.748, 3.312)
Training	No	214	237	1	1
	Yes	147	45	3.749(2.559, 5.492)	1.84(1.115,3.022)*

Note: *Variable significant at p-value less than 0.05, 1 = reference.