Stigma towards People Living on HIV/AIDS and Associated Factors among Nurses’ Working in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Personal characteristics and stigma score of nurses, working at Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013 ().

Variable	Frequency	Percentage	Median (IQR)
Perceived religiosity
Very religious	137	35.5
Somewhat religious	229	59.3
Not religious	20	5.2
Professional qualification
Certificate/diploma	135	35
First degree	251	65
Years of experience			5 (6)
7 months up to 5 years	209	54.1
Greater than 5 years	177	45.9
Training about stigma
Yes	170	44
No	216	56
Giving health care service for PLHA in the last six months
Yes	263	68.1
No	123	31.9
Numbers of HIV/AIDS clients seen in the last six months ()			13 (14)
Low caseloads (less than 10 HIV/AIDS clients)	94	35.7
High caseloads (10 or more than 10 HIV/AIDS clients)	169	64.3
Stigma			0.65 (0.48)
Yes	249	64.5
No	137	35.5

IQR: Interquartile Range, PLHA: People living with HIV/AIDS.