Table 4 Factors associated with stigmatized attitudes (subscales) of doctors and nurses towards PLHA (bivariate linear regression analysis)

Doctors (n = 277)

Age

0.01

0.112

0.003

0,827

0.02

0.049

0.003

0.810

−0.01

0.344

Gender (Male)

0.25

0.286

−0.31

0.364

0.58

0.035

0.16

0.565

0.44

0.053

Religion (Buddhism)

0.98

0.141

−0.27

0.774

0.68

0.380

1.15

0.139

−0.31

0.625

Ethnicity (Lowland people)

0.65

0.241

−0.41

0.608

0.65

0.313

0.49

0.454

−0.59

0.268

Education level (≥ Bachelor)

0.14

0.655

−1.07

0.018

−0.69

0.057

−0.27

0.460

−0.26

0.376

Type of health care service provider (Physician specialist)

0.28

0.227

−0.42

0.222

0.46

0.097

0.12

0.668

0.11

0.609

Institution of practice (Referral hospital)

0.01

0.966

−0.95

0.006

−0.45

0.107

0.31

0.269

−0.36

0.119

Year of work experience in medical professional

0.13

0.150

−0.11

0.402

0.16

0.110

0.05

0.614

−0.14

0.106

Provide care to HIV/AIDS patients (Yes)

−1.05

<0.001

−0.34

0.317

−0.35

0.200

−0.49

0.082

−0.22

0.331

Length of time that provide care to HIV/AIDS patients

(100 days)

−0.04

<0.001

−0.009

0.510

−0.02

0.094

−0.03

0.014

−0.02

0.028

Number of HIV/AIDS cases encountered

−0.001

0.204

0.001

0.569

−0.002

0.049

−0.001

0.270

−0.0008

0.469

Training for HIV/AIDS (Yes)

−0.62

0.008

−0.38

0.264

0.18

0.506

0.05

0.832

−0.24

0.280

HIV/AIDS knowledge

−0.16

0.045

−0.09

0.416

−0.27

0.004

−0.19

0.050

−0.16

0.038

Nurses (n = 281)

Age

−0.01

0.468

−0.02

0.188

0.01

0.371

−0.02

0.188

−0.02

0.030

Gender (Male)

0.26

0.402

−0.91

0.047

0.53

0.161

0.64

0.091

0.33

0.257

Religion (Buddhism)

0.15

0.825

1.32

0.187

0.06

0.938

−0.76

0.358

−0.57

0.373

Ethnicity (Lowland people)

0.48

0.502

0.16

0.873

−0.23

0.788

−0.62

0.476

−1.02

0.132

Education level (≥ Bachelor)

0.03

0.935

−0.72

0.233

−0.19

0.692

0.005

0.991

−0.46

0.240

Type of health care service provider (Registered nurse)

−0.61

0.018

−0.32

0.394

−0.97

0.002

−0.78

0.014

−0.13

0.575

Institution of practice (Referral hospital)

0.05

0.843

0.07

0.852

−0.16

0.628

0.08

0.797

−0.32

0.230

Year of work experience in medical professional

−0.02

0.769

−0.15

0.276

0.11

0.349

−0.12

0.294

−0.21

0.021

Provide care to HIV/AIDS patients (Yes)

−0.25

0.315

−1.12

0.003

−0.56

0.070

−0.46

0.141

−0.29

0.232

Length of time that provide care to HIV/AIDS patients

(100 days)

−0.01

0.144

−0.05

<0.001

−0.01

0.201

−0.02

0.095

−0.01

0.141

Number of HIV/AIDS cases encountered

−0.001

0.186

−0.004

0.001

−0.002

0.015

−0.002

0.003

−0.0004

0.569

Training for HIV/AIDS (Yes)

−0.42

0.095

−0.53

0.150

−0.48

0.113

−0.22

0.472

−0.64

0.007

HIV/AIDS knowledge

−0.13

0.105

0.07

0.565

−0.16

0.100

−0.15

0.118

−0.08

0.282