A process evaluation exploring the lay counsellor experience of delivering a task shared psycho-social intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Table 2 Profile of Counsellors

Counsellor	Age	Marital Status	Education	^aExperience before training	Fidelity rating Poor (0–40%) Moderate (41%– 60%) Good (61%–80%) Excellent (81 – 100%)	Participants with Miscarriages, still birth or baby death	Participants with no sessions	Participants who dropped out	Participants who completed	Proportion who completed (%)
Counsellor 1	46	Widow	Grade 9	2.5 years	70%	3	4	5	23/ 35	65.7
Counsellor 2	28	Married	Grade 12	4 years	60%	3	3	7	20/33	69.6
Counsellor 3	32	Single	Grade 11	2 years	62%	5	9	9	10/33	30.3
Counsellor 4	33	Single	Grade 12	2 years	55%	3	13	10	9/35	25.7
Counsellor 5	44	Single	Grade 12	5 years	65%	4	6	7	18/35	52.9
Counsellor 6	40	Widow	Grade 12	11 years	65%	4	3	9	18/34	52.9
Total						22	38	47	98
Mean Age of participants						28.18	27.4	27.1	27.8

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