Table 1 General characteristics of the study participants (N = 126)
Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
Age | |
≤ 20 | 4 (3) |
20–25 | 96 (76) |
≥ 25 | 26 (21) |
Sex | |
Female | 68 (54) |
Male | 58 (46) |
Program of study | |
BSc Nursing & Midwifery | 15 (12) |
Nurse Midwife Technician | 111 (88) |
Year of study | |
Second | 39 (31) |
Third | 72 (57) |
Fourth | 14 (11) |
Missing | 1 (1) |
Clinical placement | |
Central hospital | 44 (35) |
District hospital | 54 (43) |
Others | 25 (20) |
Missing | 3 (2) |
Recent clinical Placement* | |
Medical | 10 (8) |
Surgical | 13 (10) |
Labour and delivery | 29 (23) |
Postnatal | 10 (8) |
Antenatal | 11 (9) |
Paediatric | 32 (25) |
Family planning | 3 (2) |
Under 5 clinic | 2 (2) |
Theatre | 7(6) |
Missing | 9 (7) |
Length of current clinical placement | |
< 3 weeks | 14 (11) |
3-8 weeks | 77 (61) |
> 8 weeks | 31 (25) |
Missing | 4 (3) |