Pass rates compared between demographic groups
| Demographic | BMV skills check* | OSCE A* | OSCE B* | |||
| Immediate n (%) | 6-month n (%) | Immediate n (%) | 6- month n (%) | Immediate n (%) | 6- month n (%) | |
| Years of experience | ||||||
| <5 | 36 (62.1) | 18 (28.6) | 57 (87.7) | 49 (77.8) | 50 (76.9) | 37 (58.7) |
| 5–10 | 27 (41.5) | 11 (16.4) | 47 (65.3) | 52 (77.6) | 41 (56.9) | 42 (62.7) |
| 11–20 | 20 (44.4) | 17 (32.7) | 39 (75.0) | 38 (73.1) | 29 (55.8) | 25 (48.1) |
| 20+ | 35 (45.5) | 20 (24.7) | 62 (74.7) | 58 (71.6) | 57 (68.7) | 46 (56.8) |
| P value† | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.79 | 0.03 | 0.45 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 20–30 | 39 (60.0) | 22 (31.0) | 60 (83.3) | 54 (76.1) | 53 (73.6) | 42 (59.2) |
| 31–40 | 36 (45.0) | 14 (16.7) | 66 (75.9) | 59 (70.2) | 59 (67.8) | 44 (52.4) |
| 41–50 | 29 (42.0) | 20 (26.0) | 54 (66.7) | 61 (79.2) | 50 (61.7) | 49 (63.6) |
| 51+ | 14 (43.8) | 10 (30.3) | 26 (76.5) | 24 (72.7) | 16 (47.1) | 16 (48.5) |
| P value† | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.60 | 0.05 | 0.36 |
| Profession | ||||||
| Nurse | 31 (27.7) | 34 (26.6) | 87 (65.4) | 95 (74.2) | 76 (57.1) | 79 (61.7) |
| Nurse-midwife | 87 (64.9) | 32 (23.4) | 119 (84.4) | 103 (75.2) | 102 (72.3) | 72 (52.6) |
| P value† | <0.001 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 0.89 | 0.01 | 0.14 |
| Ward | ||||||
| Labour/Delivery ward or operating theatre | 77 (42.8) | 49 (24.6) | 147 (71.7) | 150 (75.4) | 120 (58.5) | 113 (56.8) |
| NBU/NICU or postnatal ward | 39 (70.9) | 13 (24.1) | 53 (93.0) | 37 (68.5) | 51 (89.5) | 30 (55.6) |
| P value† | <0.001 | >0.99 | 0.001 | 0.30 | <0.001 | 0.88 |
| Prior HBB training | ||||||
| Yes | 22 (51.2) | 14 (28.6) | 40 (76.9) | 38 (77.6) | 29 (55.8) | 29 (59.2) |
| No | 96 (47.3) | 52 (24.1) | 166 (74.8) | 160 (74.1) | 149 (67.1) | 122 (56.5) |
| P value† | 0.74 | 0.58 | 0.86 | 0.72 | 0.15 | 0.75 |
*Values are no (%) if not otherwise specified.
†Fisher’s exact test comparing pass rates between groups.
BMV, bag-and-mask ventilation; HBB, Helping Babies Breathe; NBU, newborn unit; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; OSCE, objective structured clinical examination.