Table 3.
Perceived Improvement pre-Post Training among Health Care Workers Participating in a Standardized Patient Actor Training (n = 95).
| Competence domain in care for HIV-infected AYA | HCWs reporting competence before training | HCWs reporting competence after training | Mean difference (95%CI) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Mean Score (SD) | N (%) | Mean Score (SD) | |||
| Understand issues AYA face | 86 (90.5) | 4.17 (0.65) | 95 (100.0) | 4.83 (0.38) | 0.68 (0.50-0.87) | p < 0.001 |
| Effective communication | 81 (85.3) | 4.15 (0.71) | 95 (100.0) | 4.70 (0.46) | 0.54 (0.34-0.74) | p < 0.001 |
| Ability to empathize | 78 (82.1) | 4.12 (0.74) | 95 (100.0) | 4.68 (0.47) | 0.61 (0.41-0.82) | p < 0.001 |
| Comfortable interacting | 85 (89.5) | 4.31 (0.69) | 95 (100.0) | 4.77 (0.42) | 0.48 (0.29-0.66) | p < 0.001 |
| Sufficient clinical skills | 58 (60.0) | 3.68 (0.87) | 92 (96.8) | 4.49 (0.56) | 0.79 (0.57-1.01) | p < 0.001 |
| Sufficient emotional skills | 54 (56.8) | 3.58 (0.75) | 88 (92.7) | 4.40 (0.63) | 0.82 (0.59-1.05) | p < 0.001 |
| Sufficiently trained to offer YFS | 32 (33.7) | 2.99 (1.03) | 89 (93.7) | 4.49 (0.62) | 1.54 (1.30-1.77) | p < 0.001 |
| Confidence providing YFS | 72 (75.8) | 3.92 (0.81) | 95 (100.0) | 4.66 (0.48) | 0.80 (0.58-1.02) | p < 0.001 |