Document 0999
 DOCN  M9470999
 TI    Desire to treat HIV-infected patients: similarities and differences
       across health-care professions.
 DT    9409
 AU    Weyant RJ; Bennett ME; Simon M; Palaisa J; University of Pittsburgh
       School of Dental Medicine, Department of; Public Health and Community
       Dentistry, PA 15261.
 SO    AIDS. 1994 Jan;8(1):117-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94280686
 AB    OBJECTIVES: To determine attitudinal predictors of health-care
       providers' willingness to treat HIV-infected patients. We also tested
       the hypothesis that differences between dental and medical students in
       their expressed desire to treat HIV-infected patients result from
       differences in their clinical exposure to bloodborne pathogens and their
       clinical training. DESIGN: A cross-sectional design was used to
       administer a self-report questionnaire format to preserve subject
       anonymity. METHODS: A questionnaire was used to assess attitudes,
       knowledge, and behavior associated with the care of HIV-infected
       patients. Both bivariate statistics and logistic regression techniques
       were used to determine factors related to the desire to treat
       HIV-infected patients. RESULTS: Compared with dental students, medical
       students expressed a greater desire to treat HIV-infected patients.
       However, the attitudinal predictors of a desire to treat were similar
       across both groups. The two most important predictors were the degree to
       which respondents perceived a personal risk of HIV exposure and their
       sense of professional obligation to treat all patients. Furthermore,
       knowledge levels were unrelated to desire to treat. CONCLUSIONS: These
       results suggest that educational interventions aimed simply at
       increasing a provider's knowledge of HIV may not be effective in
       changing behavior.
 DE    Adult  Analysis of Variance  *Attitude of Health Personnel
       Cross-Sectional Studies  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY  Male  Odds Ratio  Questionnaires
       Regression Analysis  Students, Dental/*PSYCHOLOGY  Students,
       Medical/*PSYCHOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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