Table 3: Responses evaluating the ease of health care professionals to discuss with patients about ORL and non-ORL forms of HPV-related tumors on a 10-Likert scale.

Training group

Control group

Do you discuss of head and neck HPV issues with your patients?

HNS

6.1 ± 0.8

4.57 ± 0.92

GP

1.57 ± 0.3

1.76 ± 0.56

Nurse

1.67 ± 0.46

1.25 ± 0.57

Are you comfortable discussing head and neck HPV issues with your patients?

HNS

8.3 ± 0.54

6.07 ± 0.69

GP

5.17 ± 0.51

3.19 ± 0.7

Nurse

5.93 ± 0.6

2.8 ± 0.66

Do you discuss of non- head and neck HPV issues with you patients?

HNS

3.1 ± 0.92

3.21 ± 0.87

GP

7.96 ± 0.41

5.9 ± 0.52

Nurse

1.5 ± 0.47

3.08 ± 0.71

Are you comfortable discussing non- head and neck HPV issues with your patients?

HNS

4.8 ± 0.7

4.29 ± 0.73

GP

7.83 ± 0.41

7.38 ± 0.44

Nurse

4.93 ± 0.66

4.79 ± 0.76

Do you consider it embarrassing for a health professional to discuss HPV?

HNS

3.8 ± 0.93

1.5 ± 0.66

GP

1.13 ± 0.39

0.57 ± 0.19

Nurse

2.4 ± 0.56

1.92 ± 0.55