Document 1001
 DOCN  M94A1001
 TI    Addressing the rehabilitative needs of people with HIV disease: a call
       for action.
 DT    9412
 AU    Chan RS; Ilaria G; Jacobs J; New York Hospital, New York 10021.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):231 (abstract no. PB0939). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371574
 AB    OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the patterns of allocating
       rehabilitation services among occupational therapy (OT) and physical
       therapy (PT) departments within New York City, to assess whether HIV
       disease was perceived as a diagnostic priority, and to assess whether
       therapists had expressed concern regarding working with people with HIV
       disease. METHODS: A structured telephone interview of 20 questions was
       administered to 21 rehabilitation departments providing acute care
       services in New York City. RESULTS: Sixty-two percent (13 of 21) of the
       facilities used diagnoses as the criteria to determine which patients
       should be provided services first: The following six diagnoses were
       identified as rehabilitation priorities: Orthopedics; Cerebrovascular
       Accidents; General Neurological Conditions; Hand and Plastic Surgery
       Conditions; Spinal Cord Injury; and Amputations. Only 10% (2 of 21) of
       the facilities identified AIDS as a diagnostic priority. When diagnostic
       categories were provided and ranked on a scale of 1 (lowest priority)
       through 5 (highest priority), the mean score for AIDS categorized AIDS
       as the second lowest priority. Fifty-two percent (11 of 21) of the
       respondents responded that their staff has expressed concern regarding
       treating a person with HIV disease. Additional issues reflecting concern
       included exemption of pregnant therapists from treating individuals with
       HIV on the recommendation from obstetricians and concern when an
       individual's HIV status was determined after treatment had been
       provided. DISCUSSION: Members of the AIDS Care Team need to take
       measures to insure that the rehabilitative needs of individual with HIV
       disease are being met and that therapists are active members of the
       interdisciplinary team.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DIAGNOSIS  Human  HIV
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*REHABILITATION  New York City  Patient Care Team
       Questionnaires  MEETING ABSTRACT

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