Table 5

Results of staff questionnaires by settlement type (bold: subpopulation with significantly higher improvement; n(preintervention): preintervention questionnaire data number; n(postintervention): postintervention questionnaire data number; data numbers (n) other than ‘the number of professionals surveyed’ in the project are due to occasional deficiencies in data collection;p values were determined using χ2 test and the Kruskal-Wallis test)

Type of settlementMean change (point)Mean change (%)
Villages
n(preintervention)=13 
n(postintervention)=14
+2.29+9.16
Other cities
n(preintervention)=145 
n(postintervention)=148
+2.71+10.84
County towns
n(preintervention)=30 
n(postintervention)=30
+3.23+12.92
Capital
n(preintervention)=143 
n(postintervention)=135
+3.43+13.72
P<0.02