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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics by medical cadre

From: Outcomes of voluntary medical male circumcision performed by medical doctors and non-doctor health workers in central Uganda

Variable

Overall

Medical doctor

Non-doctor

p value

Total circumcised (%)

274

53 (19.34)

221 (80.66)

 

Age (in years)

Median (IQR)

24.00 (20.00–28.00)

22.00 (19.00–27.00)

24.00 (20.00–28.00)

0.0320

Number of circumcisions by health facility

Private facility (%)a

117 (42.70)

48 (90.57)

69 (31.22)

 < .0001

Public health facility(%)b

157 (57.30)

5 (9.43)

152 (68.78)

 

Circumcision methodc

Dorsal slit (%)

266 (99.25)

50 (100.00)

216 (99.08)

Forceps guided (%)

2 (0.75)

0 (0.00)

2 (0.92)

 

Time taken for circumcision (in minutes)

Mean (SD)

18.81 (14.86)

32.72 (9.47)

15.45 (13.96)

 < .0001

Median (IQR)

10.00 (7.00–30.00)

30.00 (26.00–37.00)

8.00 (7.00–22.00)

 < .0001

Adverse events

Yes (%)

15 (5.47)

3 (5.66)

12 (5.43)

0.9999

No (%)

259 (94.53)

50 (94.34)

209 (94.57)

 

Postsurgical bleeding

Bleeding after 2 h (%)

2 (100.00)

1 (50.00)

1 (50.00)

Evidence of excessive skin removal

Yes (%)

4 (1.46)

2 (3.77)

2 (0.90)

0.1696

No (%)

270 (98.54)

51 (96.23)

219 (99.10)

 

Fever post-surgeryc

Yes (%)

3 (1.10)

0 (0.00)

3 (1.36)

No (%)

270 (98.90)

52 (100.00)

218 (98.64)

 

Evidence of pus discharge post-circumcisionc

Yes (%)

7 (2.56)

0 (0.00)

7 (3.17)

No (%)

266 (97.44)

52 (100.00)

214 (96.83)

 

Evidence of urethral injury

No (%)

274 (100.00)

53 (19.34)

221 (80.66)

  1. aMengo hospital & Kibuli hospital
  2. bKisenyi health centre
  3. cmissing data