Table 4. Reported Surgeons' Beliefs About HIV Screening and Their Concerns About Contracting HIV.
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus
| Male N (%) | Female N (%) | P-value | |
| Do you think that patients must be regularly screened for HIV before surgery? | |||
| Yes | 108 (60.3) | 44 (70.9) | 0.14 |
| No | 71 (39.7) | 18 (29.0) | |
| How concerned are you about HIV transmission through your work? | |||
| Extremely | 62 (34.64) | 23 (37.1) | 0.70 |
| Very | 25 (14.0) | 9 (14.5) | |
| Moderately | 35 (19.6) | 11 (17.7) | |
| Slightly | 42 (23.5) | 17 (27.4) | |
| No concern | 15 (8.4) | 2 (3.2) | |