Table 4 Factors associated with full adherence to the SPIKES Protocol
Variables | SPIKES Adherence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Incomplete adherencea (n = 67) (%) | Full adherenceb (n= 178) (%) | Total (n= 245) | X2 | p-value | |
Age (years) | |||||
 < 35 | 34 (26.6) | 94 (73.4) | 128 | 0.083 | 0.776 |
 ≥ 35 | 33 (28.2) | 84 (71.8) | 117 |  |  |
Gender | |||||
 Male | 43 (27.6) | 113 (72.4) | 156 | 0.010 | 0.999 |
 Female | 24 (27.0) | 65 (73.0) | 89 |  |  |
Clinical Position | |||||
 House officer | 9 (19.6) | 37 (80.4) | 46 | 15.131 | 0.002 |
 Medical officer | 13 (16.7) | 65 (83.3) | 78 |  |  |
 Resident doctor | 34 (42.5) | 46 (57.5) | 80 |  |  |
 Consultant | 11 (26.8) | 30 (73.2) | 41 |  |  |
Years of Practice (years) | |||||
 < 7 | 31 (24.0) | 98 (76.0) | 129 | 1.508 | 0.252 |
 ≥ 7 | 36 (31.0) | 80 (69.0) | 116 |  |  |
Type of Health Facility | |||||
 Public tertiary HF | 55 (32.70 | 113 (67.3) | 168 | 10.952 | 0.004F |
 Public secondary & primary HF | 9 (23.1) | 30 (76.9) | 39 |  |  |
 Private HF | 3 (7.9) | 35 (92.1) | 38 |  |  |
Specialty | |||||
 General Practice# | 21 (22.3) | 73 (77.7) | 94 | 12.305 | 0.030 |
 Paediatrics | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | 17 |  |  |
 Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 10 (34.5) | 19 (65.5) | 29 |  |  |
 Medicine | 5 (16.7) | 25 (83.3) | 30 |  |  |
 Surgery | 15 (29.4) | 36 (70.6) | 51 |  |  |
 Others* | 6 (25.0) | 18 (75.0) | 24 |  |  |
Feel Competent about BBN | |||||
 No | 18 (37.5) | 30 (62.5) | 48 | 3.097 | 0.103 |
 Yes | 49 (24.9) | 148 (75.1) | 197 |  |  |
Education/Training | |||||
 No | 30 (36.10) | 53 (63.9) | 83 | 4.890 | 0.034 |
 Yes | 37 (22.8) | 125 (77.2) | 162 |  |  |
Bad Experience due to BBN | |||||
 No | 42 (26.1) | 119 (73.9) | 161 | 0.375 | 0.549 |
 Yes | 25 (29.8) | 59 (70.2) | 84 |  |  |
Awareness | |||||
 No | 30 (34.1) | 58 (65.9) | 88 | 3.144 | 0.100 |
 Yes | 37 (23.6) | 120 (76.4) | 157 |  |  |