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Table 1 Characteristics of practitioners interviewed

From: ‘It’s a can of worms’: understanding primary care practitioners’ behaviours in relation to HPV using the theoretical domains framework

  

GPs

Practice nurses

Gender

Female

13

14

Male

6

0

Healthboard area

HSE Mid-Eastern

4

3

HSE North-Eastern

3

4

HSE Southern

7

0

HSE Western

5

7

Location of practice

City

6

6

Other

13

8

Solo GP practice

Yes

6

7

No

13

7

Practice nurse

Yes

16

-

No

3

-

Years since graduation *

<10 years

2

n/a

10-19 years

2

n/a

20-39 years

14

n/a

HPV information knowledge score * 1

High (11+)

5

n/a

Medium (7-10)

10

n/a

Low (<7)

3

n/a

HPV vaccine attitude *

Positive

10

n/a

 

Negative / neutral

7

n/a

  1. * Data from 2007 GP survey (Murphy et al., 2008) [23].
  2. 1 Number of 13 factual questions about HPV infection that were answered correctly (Additional file 1).
  3. n/a = not available.