Patients from clinics with trained health workers | Patients from comparison clinics | p Value | |
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Characteristics of patients | |||
Gender of patient (% female) | 134 (74) | 81 (65) | 0.119 |
Average age in years | 28 | 29 | 0.286 |
Language spoken at home | |||
Setswana | 173 (94) | 111 (90) | 0.207 |
Kalanga | 2 (1) | 6 (5) | 0.064 |
English | 5 (3) | 2 (2) | 0.706 |
Other | 5 (3) | 5 (4) | 0.530 |
Education (one missing from each district) | |||
No formal, non-formal and primary | 50 (27) | 38 (31) | 0.490 |
Junior secondary | 78 (42) | 54 (44) | 0.809 |
Senior secondary and post-secondary | 56 (30) | 31 (25) | 0.313 |
Married or cohabiting | 54 (29) | 41 (33) | 0.469 |
Characteristics of patients’ visits | |||
Gender of provider who treated patient (% female) | 153 (83) | 94 (76) | 0.138 |
Profession of provider who treated patient | |||
Nurse | 122 (66) | 101 (82) | 0.003 |
Nurse midwife | 57 (31) | 20 (16) | 0.003 |
Medical officer | 6 (3) | 3 (2) | 0.745 |
Visit type | |||
First visit | 132 (71) | 111 (90) | 0.001 |
Follow-up visit | 53 (29) | 13 (10) | <0.001 |
Syndromes | |||
Genital ulcer | 45 (24) | 28 (23) | 0.724 |
VD/LAP | 109 (59) | 62 (50) | 0.122 |
Urethral discharge | 14 (8) | 22 (18) | 0.006 |
No symptoms | 17 (9) | 12 (10) | 0.885 |
Visit observed by clinical specialist | 98 (53) | 0 (0) | <0.001 |
Referred by contact slip | 14 (8) | 6 (5) | 0.480 |
Sample size | 185 | 124 |
STI, Sexually transmitted infection; VD/LAP, vaginal discharge or lower abdominal pain.