Table 5.

Responses to questions on incidence of discriminatory practices

Questions on Discriminatory practices towards PLWHA	Response frequency (%)		p-value
	Positive	Negative
Patients being tested without consent	54 (16.2%)	280 (83.8%)	0.112
Requiring patients to be tested before surgery	153 (45.8%)	181 (54.2%)	0.032
Using latex gloves for performing non-invasive examinations on patients suspected of HIV	169 (50.6%)	165 (49.4%)	0.248
Extra precaution in sterilization of instruments used on PLWHA	126 (37.7%)	208 (62.3%)	0.079
HCW gossiping about patients HIV status	112 (33.5%)	222 (66.5%)	0.477
Senior HCW pushing HIV positive patients to junior HCW	30 (9.0%)	304 (91.0%)	0.231
PLWHA receiving less care	31 (9.3%)	303 (90.7%)	0.509
Willingness of HCW in KEH to report cases of stigmatization of PLWHA to higher authority?	215 (64.4%)	119 (35.6%)	0.132

Note: P values represent statistical significance of either predominant positive or negative responses.