The Role of Quality Improvement Process in Improving the Culture of Information among Health Staff in Ghana
Table 1
Promotion of evidence-based decision-making.
Indicator
Responses
Baseline (2012)
Endline (2014)
No (%)
Yes (%)
Missing value (%)1
No (%)
Yes (%)
Personal liking
100 (70.9)
40 (28.4)
1 (0.7)
106 (75.0)
35 (25.0)
Superior’s directives
47 (33.3)
92 (65.2)
2 (1.4)
102 (72.0)
39 (28.0)
Evidence/facts
37 (26.2)
102 (72.3)
2 (1.4)
10 (8.0)
131 (92.0)
Political interference
105 (74.5)
31 (22.0)
5 (3.5)
125 (89.0)
16 (11.0)
Comparing strategic objectives
22 (15.6)
115 (81.6)
4 (2.8)
22 (16.0)
119 (84.0)
Community health needs
14 (9.9)
121 (85.8)
6 (4.3)
14 (10.0)
127 (90.0)
Considering cost
48 (34.0)
87 (61.7)
6 (4.3)
39 (28.0)
102 (72.0)
Overall
53 (37.6)
84 (59.6)
4 (2.8)
60 (43.0)
81 (57.0)
Source: 2012 and 2014 Survey. 1The baseline results are characterised with data incompleteness as some respondents did not answer all the required responses. The affected questionnaires were self-administered by the respondents at their own convenient due to their busy schedule at the time of visit. This might account for the gaps. The data completeness gaps are denoted as “missing data values” Tables 1–7.
