Table 1.
Participants’ ratings of the seminar on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) (n=39)
| Usefulness of seminar (by topic) | Patients | Treatment supporters | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | |
| Overall | 4.76 | 0.56 | 4.27 | 1.19 |
| Information on HIV | 4.68 | 0.71 | 4.55 | 0.69 |
| Information on ART | 4.90 | 0.50 | 4.45 | 0.82 |
| Information on use of ART | 4.76 | 0.47 | -- | -- |
| How to overcome stigma | 4.66 | 0.67 | -- | -- |
| How to talk to others on their HIV status | 4.24 | 1.20 | -- | -- |
| How to support someone who is HIV infected | -- | -- | 3.82 | 1.33 |
| How to support someone to adhere | -- | -- | 4.36 | 1.03 |
| How to support patients to live positively | -- | -- | 3.64 | 1.01 |
| How to support someone to disclose | -- | -- | 4.09 | 0.83 |