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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |