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 |
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AIDS can be transmitted through air? | no | 90 | 31 | 59 |
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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 |