Variables | Total (n = 558) | Doctors (n = 277) | Nurses (n = 281) | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Type of service provider | |||||||
 General doctor | 159 | (28.5) | 159 | (57.4) |  |  |  |
 Physician specialist | 118 | (21.2) | 118 | (42.6) |  |  |  |
 Practical nurse | 104 | (18.6) |  |  | 104 | (37.0) |  |
 Registered nurse | 177 | (31.7) |  |  | 177 | (63.0) |  |
Institution of practice | |||||||
 Non referral hospital | 189 | (33.9) | 111 | (40.1) | 78 | (27.8) | 0.002 |
 Referral hospital | 369 | (66.1) | 166 | (59.9) | 203 | (72.2) |  |
Year of work experience in medical professional | |||||||
 1–5 years | 188 | (33.7) | 88 | (31.8) | 100 | (35.6) | 0.614 |
 6–15 years | 159 | (28.5) | 80 | (28.9) | 79 | (28.1) |  |
 16 years or longer | 211 | (37.8) | 109 | (39.3) | 102 | (36.3) |  |
Provide care to HIV/AIDS patients | |||||||
 No | 333 | (59.7) | 164 | (59.2) | 169 | (60.1) | 0.822 |
 Yes | 225 | (40.3) | 113 | (40.8) | 112 | (39.9) |  |
Length of time that provide care to HIV/AIDS patients | |||||||
 Non | 333 | (59.7) | 164 | (59.2) | 169 | (60.1) | 0.671 |
  ≤ 3 years | 125 | (22.4) | 66 | (23.8) | 59 | (21.0) |  |
  > 3 years | 100 | (17.9) | 47 | (17.0) | 53 | (18.9) |  |
Number of HIV/AIDS cases encountered | |||||||
 None | 333 | (59.7) | 164 | (59.2) | 169 | (60.1) | 0.955 |
  ≤ 3 cases | 108 | (19.3) | 55 | (19.9) | 53 | (18.9) |  |
  > 3 cases | 117 | (21.0) | 58 | (20.9) | 59 | (21.0) |  |
Training for HIV/AIDS | |||||||
 No | 295 | (52.9) | 147 | (53.1) | 148 | (52.7) | 0.925 |
 Yes | 263 | (47.1) | 130 | (46.9) | 133 | (47.3) |  |
HIV/AIDS knowledge (mean 8 ± 1.5 SD, median 9) | |||||||
 Low (score 0–4) | 7 | (1.3) | 2 | (0.7) | 5 | (1.8) | 0.245 |
 Medium (score 5–8) | 226 | (40.5) | 120 | (43.3) | 106 | (37.7) |  |
 High (score ≥ 9) | 325 | (58.2) | 155 | (56.0) | 170 | (60.5) |  |
Stigmatized attitudes (mean 38 ± 7.9 SD, median 39) | |||||||
 Low (score ≤ 39) | 303 | (54.3) | 153 | (55.2) | 150 | (53.4) | 0.660 |
 High (score > 39) | 255 | (45.7) | 124 | (44.8) | 131 | (46.6) |  |