Document 1061
 DOCN  M94A1061
 TI    Denial of PWAS sexual life and importance of creating sexological
       consultation for HIV+ patients in Paris hospitals.
 DT    9412
 AU    Dudoret N; Silvagni GO; Hosp-Mondor-Paris, France.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):218 (abstract no. PB0887). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371514
 AB    OBJECTIVES: To confirm the interest of sexological consultations in
       Paris's hospitals dealing with HIV+ patients whose sexual life, and
       sexual troubles and disorders connected with HIV infection, does not
       seem to be included in the medical follow up, and hence insure a more
       appropriate prophylaxis of sexual transmission of AIDS. METHOD: A short
       and anonymous questionnaire was given to one hundred of doctors, in
       charge of HIV+ patients, ecercising in parisian hospital (51) and in
       town (49). RESULTS: 50% of them refused to answer a questionnaire
       dealing with the sexual life of their HIV+ patients, asserting these
       problems were of no concern to them as doctors in charge of HIV+ follow
       up (31% in hospital, 19% in town), out of the 50 doctors who answered
       the questionnaire (30 in town, 20 in hospital), 48 of them reported they
       were confronted with their HIV+ patients distress and request for help
       because of sexual frustration and disorders, 20 sent their patients to
       psychotherapeutic consultations, 19 to sexological consultations, and 9
       delivered a prescription. CONCLUSION: A strong denial of the sexual life
       of PWAS is confirmed to be a very embarrassing reality when it comes to
       the medical follow up of AIDS patients, specially with hospitals
       consultants, for whom the sexual life of their HIV+ patients does not
       seem to be relevant to their own medical competency. Proper information
       concerning the importance of sexual frustration of PWAS in terms of
       prophylaxis of AIDS as a sexually transmitted disease and the
       sexological competency should be made available to the consultants, and
       sexological consultants should be created in association with Hospital
       services in charge of AIDS patients.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/  *TRANSMISSION
       Attitude of Health Personnel  Human  Medical Staff, Hospital/*PSYCHOLOGY
       *Patient Education  Referral and Consultation  *Sex Behavior  MEETING
       ABSTRACT

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