Table 3

Reliability of scales for importance and performance components for general practitioners (GP), medical specialists (SP), and AIDS nursing consultants (AC)

GP importanceGP performanceSP importanceSP performanceAC importanceAC performance
Mean score
Overall174.586.1186.986.4152.166.6
General83.641.090.240.873.330.7
HIV specific90.945.196.745.679.835.9
Standard deviation
Overall30.416.529.312.239.211.7
General17.28.315.66.717.75.9
HIV specific15.98.115.45.923.96.1
Cronbach’s alpha
Overall0.810.950.850.920.910.92
General0.750.920.710.890.820.87
HIV specific0.610.910.730.780.870.83
Inter-item correlation
Overall0.140.460.180.310.320.34
General0.190.510.160.370.300.36
HIV specific0.100.420.180.220.370.31