Clinical skills of general practitioners in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

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Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the GPs (n = 25)

Table 2. Performance of key clinical skills by categories (n = 25)

Categories	Median (IQR)
Adult health	2.8 (2.5–3.3)
Emergencies	2.5 (2.3–3.6)
Communication and consultation skills	2.7 (2.4–2.9)
Child health	2.5 (2.3–2.9)
Clinical administration skills	2.7 (2.3–3.0)
Surgery	2.4 (2.0–3.0)
Ear, nose, and throat and eyes	2.4 (2.1–2.7)
Women’s health	2.3 (2.0–2.5)
Orthopaedics	2.1 (1.6–2.4)

Table 3. Relationship between sex and self-reported performance of skills by category

Category	Male,n = 12,median score (95% CI)	Female,n = 13,median score (95% CI)	P value
Adult health	3.0 (2.5 to 3.5)	2.6 (2.5 to 2.8)	0.047
Emergencies	2.7 (2.4 to 3.6)	2.5 (2.3 to 3.1)	0.434
Communication and consultation skills	2.7 (2.3 to 3.3)	2.7 (2.7 to 2.9)	0.695
Child health	2.5 (2.3 to 3.3)	2.6 (2.3 to 2.9)	0.695
Clinical administration skills	3.0 (3.0 to 4.0)	2.3 (2.3 to 3.0)	0.111
Surgery	2.6 (2.3 to 3.2)	2.2 (1.9 to 2.5)	0.115
Ear, nose, and throat and eyes	2.6 (2.4 to 3.0)	2.3 (1.9 to 2.6)	0.434
Women’s health	2.3 (2.1 to 2.8)	2.3 (1.9 to 2.5)	0.999
Orthopaedics	2.4 (2.0 to 2.6)	1.9 (1.6 to 2.4)	0.115

Table 4. Relationship between age and years of experience and self-reported performance of skills by category

Category	Correlation coefficient (r)	P value
Correlation between age in years and score for:
Adult health	0.254	0.220
Emergencies	–0.028	0.894
Communication and consultation skills	0.372	0.067
Child health	0.001	0.996
Clinical administration skills	0.492	0.012
Surgery	0.260	0.210
Ear, nose, and throat and eyes	0.348	0.088
Women’s health	0.021	0.921
Orthopaedics	0.174	0.406
Correlation between years of experience and score for:
Adult health	0.283	0.171
Emergencies	–0.028	0.895
Communication and consultation skills	0.411	0.041
Child health	–0.053	0.801
Clinical administration skills	0.513	0.009
Surgery	0.247	0.234
Ear, nose, and throat and eyes	0.358	0.079
Women’s health	0.167	0.425
Orthopaedics	0.217	0.298

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