Table 3 Respondents’ knowledge of Human immunodeficiency virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) (n = 182)
Questions | Answers | Respondents | % |
|---|---|---|---|
“Do you know that there is a risk of infecting others even in the asymptomatic stage before the onset of AIDS?” | Yes | 127 | 69.8 |
No | 53 | 29.1 | |
No answer | 2 | 1.1 | |
“Do you know that treatment for HIV/AIDS should be lifelong?” | Yes | 140 | 76.9 |
No | 41 | 22.5 | |
No answer | 1 | 0.5 | |
“Do you know that with appropriate treatment, HIV-infected people can live as long as non-HIV infected people?” | Yes | 144 | 79.1 |
No | 36 | 19.8 | |
No answer | 2 | 1.1 | |
“Do you know that anyone can get HIV/AIDS?” | Yes | 161 | 88.5 |
No | 17 | 9.3 | |
No answer | 4 | 2.2 | |
Knowledge level of HIV/AIDS | |||
All 4 questions are Yes | 104 | 57.1 | |
Less than 3 questions are Yes | 74 | 40.7 | |
Not getting any information about HIV/AIDS in Japan | 63 | 34.6 | |