Health Care Providers’ Influence on HIV-Infected Women’s Beliefs and Intentions Related to AZT Therapy
| Autor: | Richard L. Sowell, Carolyn Murdaugh, Kenneth D. Phillips, Abbas Tavokali |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Anti-HIV Agents Cross-sectional study viruses HIV Infections Nursing Methodology Research 03 medical and health sciences Zidovudine 0302 clinical medicine Patient Education as Topic Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Pregnancy immune system diseases Surveys and Questionnaires AZT Therapy Health care medicine Humans Women heterocyclic compounds 030212 general & internal medicine General Nursing Primary Health Care 030504 nursing Transmission (medicine) business.industry virus diseases Professional-Patient Relations Middle Aged biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition medicine.disease Middle age Black or African American Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine Female 0305 other medical science business Attitude to Health medicine.drug Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Nursing Research. 8:336-354 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3799 1054-7738 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10547739922158340 |
| Popis: | This study examined how women’s relationship with their primary health care provider (PHP) and their perceptions about how effective their PHPs believe zidovudine (AZT) to be in decreasing perinatal transmission related to women’s AZT beliefs and intentions. It used a cross-sectional design to collect data from 59 HIV-infected African American women. Almost half the women (45%) had given birth since HIV diagnosis. Most of the babies born to HIV-infected mothers (87%) were seronegative. Data analysis with Pearson’s r indicated that the quality of the women’s relationship with their PHP was positively correlated to how important the PHP would be in decision making related to AZT therapy. Significant positive correlation was observed between women’s perceptions about how effective their PHPs believed AZT to be in decreasing perinatal HIV transmission and the women’s own beliefs about AZT, their intent to take AZT if pregnant, and intent to give AZT to a newborn. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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