Physician concurrence with primary care guidelines for persons with HIV disease
| Autor: | Robert S. Hogg, Joel Singer, Julio S. G. Montaner, Katherine V. Heath, Martin T. Schechter, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis HIV Infections Dermatology Primary care Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Physicians Surveys and Questionnaires Immunopathology medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Sida British Columbia Primary Health Care biology business.industry Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Test (assessment) Infectious Diseases Family medicine Multivariate Analysis Practice Guidelines as Topic Regression Analysis Female Guideline Adherence Viral disease business Hiv disease |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of STD & AIDS. 8:609-613 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1052 0956-4624 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/0956462971918869 |
| Popis: | Summary: An anonymous questionnaire was mailed to 3 groups of physicians in British Columbia: 659 registrants of a province-wide human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drug treatment programme (Group 1); 765 who had had a patient test positive for HIV (Group 2); and a random sample of 484 (Group 3). Questionnaires provided data about: physician's demographic and personal characteristics; HIVrelated patient care experience; and 12 knowledge-based items. Responses were received from 65% of Group 1, 68% of Group 2 and 70% of Group 3, with complete information received from 38% of Group 1 and 50% of Groups 2 and 3. Summary knowledge scores were computed by comparing physician responses to recommendations of contemporary guidelines. Regression techniques identified associations between physician characteristics and knowledge scores. Multivariate analysis revealed an inverse relationship between knowledge and physician age in < all groups (all P 0.01). Increased knowledge was associated with the number of currently active HIV-positive patients in Groups 1 and 2 (all P 0.001), and lack of specialization in Groups 2 and 3 (both P 0.001). < < |
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