Table 1.
Demographic and baseline outcome measures.
| Characteristics | Control N (%) |
Intervention N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Number of providers | 880 | 880 |
| Gendera | ||
| Male | 269 (30.6%) | 303 (34.4%) |
| Age (Year)b | ||
| Mean (SD) | 38.7 (63.7) | 37.4 (8.16) |
| 35 or younger | 417 (47.4%) | 376 (42.7%) |
| 36–45 | 316 (35.9%) | 330 (37.5%) |
| 46 or older | 147 (16.7%) | 174 (19.8%) |
| Years of educationb | ||
| Mean (SD) | 14.6 (2.45) | 14.7 (2.36) |
| Associate degree or highera | 482 (54.8%) | 501 (56.9%) |
| Job typea | ||
| Doctor | 424 (48.2%) | 442 (50.2%) |
| Nurse | 383 (43.5%) | 371 (42.2%) |
| Lab technician | 57 (6.48%) | 55 (6.25%) |
| Others | 16 (1.82%) | 12 (1.36%) |
| Prior contacts with PLHa | 510 (58.0%) | 494 (56.1%) |
| Primary measures at baselineb | ||
| UP compliance | 32.56 (4.75) | 32.88 (4.98) |
| Mean (SD) | 13–39 | 3–39 |
| Min–Max | ||
| Avoidance Attitude | 18.48 (4.16) | 18.66 (4.23) |
| Mean (SD) | 8–32 | 8–39 |
| Min–Max | ||
a
χ2-square or Fisher exact test.
b
t-Test or Wilcoxon test.
Note: No significant differences in provider’s characteristics between the two groups were found.