Concerns, attitudes, and practices of orthopaedic surgeons towards management of patients with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
| Autor: | D C Obalum, S U Eyesan, J. O. Ajoku, U. N. Enweani, C N Ogo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Infectious Disease Transmission Patient-to-Professional Attitude of Health Personnel Cross-sectional study Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Nigeria Developing country HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Occupational safety and health Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Risk Factors Occupational Exposure Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Original Paper High risk patients business.industry virus diseases HIV screening Middle Aged medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Orthopedics Family medicine Orthopedic surgery Physical therapy Surgery business |
| Zdroj: | International Orthopaedics. 33:851-854 |
| ISSN: | 1432-5195 0341-2695 |
| Popis: | The increasing number of people living with HIV/AIDS is causing concern among surgeons over risk of occupationally acquired HIV infection. This may influence their attitude to such patients. The purpose of this study was to develop a cross-sectional survey of orthopaedic surgeons to assess their concerns, attitudes, and practices towards management of HIV-positive patients in Nigeria. All respondents were males, 55 (73.3%) of them indicated concern over the risk of occupational acquisition of HIV infection and 37 (49.3%) had examined or operated on at least one HIV/AIDS patient. Sixty (79.9%) were willing to be tested for HIV and 51 (67.9%) were previously tested. Fifty-seven (75.9%) would order preoperative HIV screening of high risk patients, and 67 (89.3%) would operate on HIV-positive patients. Most orthopaedic surgeons in Nigeria would operate on HIV-positive patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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