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Table 5 Scores of health care personnel according to the professional category

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of the medical personnel regarding atopic dermatitis in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Consultant* Scores**
very poor/harmful/harmful poor/wrong/inadequate moderate/approximate/average good/right/adequate
K A P K A P K A P K A P
Pediatricians 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (20) 4 (20) 6 (30) 16 (80) 14 (70) 6 (30) 0 (0) 2 (10) 8 (40) 0 (0)
Residents 0 (0) 4 (20) 5 (25) 10 (50) 5 (25) 15 (75) 9 (45) 10 (50) 0 (0) 2 (5) 1 (5) 0 (0)
General practitioners 1 (2.6) 10 (26.3) 15 (39.5) 18 (47.4) 12 (31.6) 23 (60.5) 18 (47.4) 10 (26.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (15.8) 0 (0)
Nurses 2 (9.1) 2 (9.1) 9 (41.0) 11 (50) 2 (9.1) 12 (54.5) 9 (45) 7 (31.8) 1 (4.5) 1 (0) 11 (50) 0 (0)
Total 3 (3) 16 (16) 33 (33) 43 (43) 25 (25) 66 (66) 50 (50) 33 (33) 1 (1) 4 n 26 (26) 0 (0)
  1. *Figures represent the number (percentage); **The scores were classified into: very poor/harmful/harmful = less than 50%; poor/wrong/inadequate = less than 65%; moderate/approximate/average = less than 85%; good/right/adequate = more than 85% correct answers; K = Knowledge; A = Attitude; P = Practice