Knowledge of Iranian nurses about HIV/AIDS: A cross sectional study from Bandar Abbas
Laleh Hasani
1
,
Teamur Aghamolaei
1
,
Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian
2
, *
and
Abdolnabi Sabili
1
1 Department of Public Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, IR Iran
2 Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modaress University, Tehran, IR Iran
*
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, IR Iran. P.O. Box 14115-331., tavafian@modares.ac.ir. Email:
tavafian@modares.ac.ir
Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases: 5 (3) ; 161-5 Article Type: Brief Report
To Cite:
Hasani
L, Aghamolaei
T, Sadat Tavafian
S, Sabili
A. Knowledge of Iranian nurses about HIV/AIDS: A cross sectional study from Bandar Abbas,
Arch Clin Infect Dis.
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; 5(3):161-5.
Abstract
Background:
Surveying knowledge of nurses about HIV/AIDS can provide an evidence for designing appropriate educational program. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of a sample of Iranian nurses about patients living with HIV/AIDS in Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Materials and Methods:
In this cross sectional study, 150 nurses completed two questionnaires, one dealing with demographic data and the other inquiring knowledge of nurses about HIV/AIDS based on existing instruments developed by Eckstein in 1987.
Results:
The mean age of studied sample was 31.98.2 years. At the time of the study, 63.3% of the respondents had previously cared HIV-infected subjects. Most of the participants (99.3%) knew that drug abusers were at higher risk for HIV acquisition. Most of the participants (97.3%) also answered correctly that person with HIV could be asymptomatic but still infected. Finally, 29.3% thought that recapping used needles is a good way to prevent HIV infection. Those who had participated in educational program had higher overall scores of knowledge than non-participants (10.092.18 vs. 9.662.32, p=0.002).
Conclusion:
Results revealed that those previously taken part in educational programs had good knowledge about HIV/AIDS.
Keywords:
HIV/AIDS, Knowledge, Nurse.
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