| Autor: |
İrem Akdemir Kalkan, Ayşe Nur Usturalı Mut, Savaş Mert Darakci, Yakup Demir, Fesih Aktar, Mustafa Kemal Çelen |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Van Tıp Dergisi, Vol 28, Iss 1, Pp 91-99 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2587-0351 |
| DOI: |
10.5505/vtd.2021.89411 |
| Popis: |
INTRODUCTION: The prejudice of healthcare personnel may be reflected as an important problem in patient follow-up. This study aimed to evaluate knowledge and prejudice regarding HIV/AIDS among physicians and nurses working in a university hospital. METHODS: The sample size of this cross-sectional study was calculated as 191 by taking distance from confidence limit(s) to mean 1 and standard deviation 7 in two-sided 95% confidence interval. In Dicle University Hospitals, 6 nurses, 4 assistant physicians and 1 specialist physician/lecturer/teaching staff were invited by random sampling method from each of the 23 clinics. Total of 218 physicians and nurses were included. A questionnaire including demographic variables and 30 statements about HIV/AIDS was applied. The data obtained were analyzed using R-3.5.1 program. RESULTS: 33.5% of the participants stated that they were involved in the follow-up of a HIV-infected patient. The mean HIV knowledge score was 76.3+-13.7; higher in men(78.9+-13.5) and doctors(83.2+-11.1). The mean HIV prejudice score was 39.0+-21.2; higher in nurses(42.0+-22.3) and lower in participants with HIV-infected relatives/friends(23,6+-14,3). There was a weak negative correlation between HIV knowledge and prejudice scores. 40.6% of the participants stated that HIV/AIDS is not a curable disease. 52.5 percent stated that they would not prefer to follow HIV/AIDS patients. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Considering that the healthcare professionals working in Turkey, which is located in a high endemic area in terms of HIV/AIDS, will encounter this disease more, the results are worrying. Health personnel should be considered as a special group in all studies that will be done to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma. |
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