Table 3. Worry Related to Providing Services to PLHIV and Being Avoided by Family and Co-workers (n = 400) .
Level of Worry When Conducting the Following Activities | Sub-scales | Not Worried and a Little Worried | Worried and Very Worried | Irrelevant | Missing |
Touching PLHIV’s clothes | Worry related to providing services to PLHIV | 287 (71.8) | 51 (12.8) | 58 (14.5) | 4 (0.9) |
Dressing the wounds of PLHIV | Worry related to providing services to PLHIV | 156 (39.3) | 173 (43.0) | 63 (15.8) | 8 (1.9) |
Drawing blood from PLHIV | Worry related to providing services to PLHIV | 149 (37.3) | 182 (45.5) | 63 (15.8) | 6 (1.4) |
Measuring the temperature of PLHIV | Worry related to providing services to PLHIV | 299 (74.8) | 28 (7.0) | 67 (16.8) | 6 (1.4) |
Providing health services for PLHIV (eg, dental fillings, surgery, and lavage) | Worry related to providing services to PLHIV | 111 (27.8) | 167 (41.8) | 116 (29.0) | 6 (1.4) |
Friends and family avoiding you because you provide care for PLHIV | Worry related to being avoided by family and co-workers | 214 (53.5) | 28 (7.0) | 151 (37.8) | 7 (1.7) |
Colleagues avoiding you because you provide care for PLHIV | Worry related to being avoided by family and co-workers | 220 (55.1) | 26 (6.5) | 147 (36.8) | 7 (1.6) |
Abbreviation: PLHIV, people living with HIV.