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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2017 Jan 23;29(8):1014–1018. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1282106

Table 3.

Survey questions and answers of the inpatients and provider survey (5 point Linkert Scale).

Inpatient Survey Disagree (1–2)
n (%)
Neither (3)
n (%)
Agree (4–5)
n (%)
My doctor explained which patients should be screened for HIV according to national public health guidelines. 26 (53) 5 (10) 18 (37)
My doctor explained that there would be counseling, education, and treatment programs available if my HIV test was positive. 25 (51) 6 (12) 18 (37)
My doctor explained to me that my HIV test would be strictly confidential 10 (20) 3 (6) 36 (73)
My doctor explained to me that the HIV test was free. 7 (14) 0 42 ( 86)
I felt I had enough time to ask my physician questions about the HIV test. 13 (27) 6 (12) 30 (61)
My doctor made me feel uncomfortable by asking me to get an HIV test. 47 (96) 1 (2) 1 (2)
I felt uncomfortable talking to my doctor about HIV testing because I did not have enough privacy. 47 (96) 2 (4) 0
Provider Survey Disagree/Never (1–2)
n (%)
Neither/Sometimes (3)
n (%)
Agree/Always (4–5)
n (%)
I believe that all people in the general public aged 18–64 should be screened for HIV regardless of known risk factors 40 (27) 15 (10) 94 (63)
I believe that hospitalization is a good time to screen patients for HIV regardless of known risk factors 23 (15) 21 (14) 105 (71)
I feel the education I received prepared me to discuss HIV testing with patients 31 (21) 34 (23) 39 (26)
I feel I had adequate time to screen for HIV at admission 66 (44) 36 (24) 48 (32)
I remember to obtain informed consent for HIV screening at time of admission 49 (33) 45 (30) 55 (37)
How often did you choose “unable to consent” in admit order-set when the patient was consentable, but you did not ask for consent for some reason? 39 (26) 58 (39) 53 (36)