Table 5 Factors associated with stigmatized attitudes (subscales) of doctors and nurses towards PLHA (Multiple linear regression analysis)

Doctors (n = 277)

Gender (Male)

0.15

0.508

−0.37

0.268

0.32

0.246

0.16

0.546

0.22

0.342

Religion (Buddhism)

0.17

0.859

0.18

0.896

−0.15

0.888

1.15

0.138

0.56

0.548

Ethnicity (Lowland people)

0.63

0.239

−0.87

0.282

0.71

0.268

−0.24

0.797

−0.64

0.231

Education level (≥ Bachelor)

0.36

0.288

−0.81

0.110

−0.62

0.128

−0.44

0.276

−0.23

0.493

Type of health care service provider (Physician specialist)

0.43

0.062

0.30

0.444

0.86

0.005

0.008

0.978

0.39

0.114

Institution of practice (Referral hospital)

0.02

0.917

−0.79

0.040

−0.49

0.125

0.51

0.069

−0.49

0.056

Year of work experience in medical professional

0.16

0.058

−0.22

0.101

0.10

0.354

0.04

0.669

−0.17

0.049

Length of time that provide care to HIV/AIDS patients

(100 days)

−0.03

0.001

0.001

0.903

−0.02

0.187

−0.03

0.020

−0.02

0.095

Training for HIV/AIDS (Yes)

−0.51

0.032

−0.32

0.346

0.30

0.272

0.32

0.258

−0.09

0.689

HIV/AIDS knowledge

−0.11

0.181

−0.04

0.711

−0.24

0.014

−0.16

0.090

−0.13

0.097

Nurses (n = 281)

Gender (Male)

0.08

0.783

−1.09

0.015

0.41

0.281

0.55

0.149

0.09

0.741

Religion (Buddhism)

−0.13

0.881

1.40

0.147

0.10

0.923

−0.59

0.478

0.22

0.786

Ethnicity (Lowland people)

0.53

0.453

−1.39

0.280

−0.23

0.790

−0.13

0.901

−0.96

0.150

Education level (≥ Bachelor)

0.18

0.668

−0.54

0.358

−0.23

0.653

0.15

0.774

−0.008

0.984

Type of health care service provider (Registered nurse)

−0.56

0.031

−0.13

0.724

−0.92

0.003

−0.73

0.021

0.03

0.904

Institution of practice (Referral hospital)

0.25

0.389

0.34

0.397

0.16

0.649

0.27

0.428

−0.20

0.442

Year of work experience in medical professional

0.01

0.888

−0.04

0.781

0.13

0.234

−0.03

0.754

−0.18

0.042

Length of time that provide care to HIV/AIDS patients (100 days)

−0.008

0.398

−0.06

<0.001

−0.009

0.432

−0.01

0.234

−0.002

0.812

Training for HIV/AIDS (Yes)

−0.34

0.170

−0.24

0.523

−0.36

0.234

−0.01

0.957

−0.58

0.014

HIV/AIDS knowledge

−0.08

0.298

0.03

0.762

−0.08

0.394

−0.09

0.380

−0.04

0.553