Questions

Correct answers

Total N = 90

Physician N = 31

Nurse N = 59

p-value

What is the cause of Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?

virus

81 (90%)

30 (97%)

51 (86%)

0.12

In case of needle stick injury with an AIDS patient, the risk of acquiring AIDS is?

0.3%

22 (24%)

19 (61%)

3 (5%)

<0.001

Confidentiality is important for patients with AIDS (i.e. is the other patients in the room have the right to know that another patient’s is having AIDS)?

correct

54 (60%)

18 (58%)

36 (61%)

0.79

The commonest method of transmission of AIDS currently is: (choose 1 answer)

Sexual practice

66 (73%)

22 (71%)

44 (75%)

0.71

According to UNAIDS global report on 2012 the total number globally of AIDS patient is:

increasing

84 (93%)

26 (84%)

58 (98%)

0.01

Can AIDS be transmitted by shaking hands?

no

90

31

59

AIDS can be transmitted through air?

no

90

31

59

All AIDS patients admitted are supposed to be in air-borne isolation?

no

81 (90%)

29 (94%)

52 (88%)

0.42

Can Antiretroviral therapy succeed in controlling the disease process in AIDS patients?

yes

60 (67%)

27 (87%)

33 (56%)

0.0003

Is AIDS curable?

no

81 (90%)

25 (81%)

56 (95%)

0.03

For a health care worker (HCW), treating an AIDS patient is compulsory?

yes

69 (77%)

23 (74%)

46 (78%)

0.69