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Table 3 Characteristics of the respondents of the survey

From: 'I believe that the staff have reduced their closeness to patients': an exploratory study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on staff in four rural hospitals in Uganda

Variables

All hospitals

N = 237

Hospital A

N = 77

Hospital B

N = 46

Hospital C

N = 70

Hospital D

N = 44

P-value

Sex

     

0.37

Female (F)

181 (76%)

59 (77%)

32 (70%)

58 (83%)

32 (73%)

 

Male (M)

56 (24%)

18 (23%)

14 (30%)

12 (17%)

12 (27%)

 

Median age

30

38

33.5

26

28

< 0.001

(Inter Quartile Range)

(25–40)

(29–45)

(26–45)

(23–30)

(24–34)

 

Profession

     

0.45

Highly educated*

57 (24%)

16 (28%)

13 (21%)

15 (30%)

13 (24%)

 

Enrolled Nurse-Midwife

74 (31%)

23 (30%)

14 (30%)

19 (27%)

18 (41%)

 

Nursing Assistant

70 (30%)

28 (36%)

11 (24%)

24 (34%)

7 (16%)

 

Support staff

36 (15%)

10 (13%)

8 (17%)

12 (17%)

6 (14%)

 

Years in Hospital

     

< 0.001

0–4

127 (54%)

28 (36%)

20 (44%)

49 (70%)

30 (68%)

 

5–9

34 (14%)

8 (10%)

6 (13%)

8 (11%)

12 (27%)

 

10–14

33 (14%)

12 (16%)

9 (20%)

10 (14%)

2 (4.5%)

 

15–19

12 (5%)

7 (9%)

3 (7%)

2 (3%)

0

 

>19

31 (13%)

22 (29%)

8 (17%)

1 (2%)

0

 
  1. *medical officers, registered nurse/midwives and allied health workers such as clinical officer, laboratory assistant, pharmacy assistant etc.
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