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Table 1 Sociodemographic, training and occupation characteristics of health care providers in HIV specialized care services in Bahia and Brazil, 2019–2020

From: Willingness of health care providers to offer HIV self-testing from specialized HIV care services in the northeast of Brazil

Variables

n/N

%

95% CI

Sociodemographic

Sex

  Male

55/252

21.8

17.12–27.39

  Female

197/252

78.2

72.60–82.87

Age

  Age, median (IQR), y.o.

252

43.0a

37.0–52.0b

  Age, proportion

   ≤ 35 years old

46/252

18.3

13.93–23.55

   35–50 years old

137/252

54.4

48.13–60.45

   > 50 years old

69/252

27.4

22.19–33.25

Education

  High school graduate

39/251

15.5

11.53–20.60

  University graduate

50/251

19.9

15.40–25.36

  Graduate diploma

128/251

51.0

447.8–57.17

  Residency

10/251

4.0

2.14–7.27

  Master’s

18/251

7.2

4.55–11.12

  Doctorate

6/251

2.4

1.07–5.24

Training and Occupation

Job

  Nurse

65/252

25.8

20.73–31.59

  Nursing assistant

30/252

11.9

8.42–16.55

  Physician

30/252

11.9

8.42–16.55

  Pharmacist

31/252

12.3

8.76–16.99

  Social Worker

24/252

9.5

6.44–13.84

  Psychologist

15/252

6.0

3.60–9.66

  Occupational therapist

2/252

0.8

0.19–3.14

  Physiotherapist

2/252

0.8

0.19–3.14

  Nutritionist

2/252

0.8

0.19–3.14

  Dentist

7/252

2.8

1.32–5.73

  Other

44/252

17.5

13.22–22.69

Specialized in HIV/AIDS

  Yes

59/252

23.4

18.56–29.07

  No

193/252

76.6

70.92–81.43

Years of training as health provider care

  ≤ 5 years

23/252

9.1

6.12–13.39

  5 to 10 years

42/252

16.7

12.53–21.82

  > 10 years

187/252

74.2

68.40–79.26

Type of employment contract

  Temporary

85/252

33.7

28.12–39.83

  Permanent

167/252

66.3

60.16–71.87

  1. aMedian
  2. bInterquartile range