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Table 6 Percentage on the questions about knowledge and mean Likert-scores on the questions about attitude

From: Development and evaluation of a blended educational programme for general practitioners’ trainers to stimulate proactive HIV testing

Knowledge

Pre-training % of GP trainers with correct answer

Post-training % of GP trainers with correct answer

p-value

 • ‘Is HIV testing required in high-risk groups?’

83.6

95.9

0.012

 • ‘What is the percentage of people unaware of their HIV infection?’

41.1

78.1

0.000

 • ‘What is the percentage of people diagnosed late for care?’

42.9

72.9

0.000

Attitude

   
 

Mean (sd) score at the start of the programme (n = 74)

Mean (sd) score after three months of the programme (n = 74)

p-value

 • Proactive HIV testing is a task of the GP

3.9 (0.8)

3.9 (0.6)

0.744

 • It is a task of the GP to be aware of the patients sexual orientation

3.5 (0.9)

3.5 (0.8)

0.566

 • Sexual history and techniques is an essential part of a STI consultation

4.1 (0.6)

4.3 (0.5)

0.105

 • Lack of time to discuss a sexual history and techniques in a STI consultation

2.7 (0.9)

2.9 (0.9)

0.197

 • I rather refer patients with STI symptoms to a STI clinic

2.2 (0.9)

2.0 (0.7)

0.038

 • It’s unacceptable to discuss an HIV test if patients visit their GP with no STI related questions

2.4 (0.8)

2.4 (0.7)

0.902

 • It’s a GP trainers task to register sexual orientation

2.9 (1.0)

2.7 (0.9)

0.187