TY - JOUR
T1 - Occupational exposure to HIV in a developing country
T2 - Assessing knowledge and attitude of healthcare professional before and after an awareness symposium
AU - Ismail, Samina
AU - Awan, Safia
AU - Naeem, Rubaba
AU - Siddiqui, Sarfraz
AU - Afzal, Badar
AU - Jamil, Bushra
AU - Khan, Uzma Rahim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).
PY - 2018/2/15
Y1 - 2018/2/15
N2 - Objective: Health care providers (HCPs) are at risk of occupational exposure to HIV infection. In developing world these exposure occur due to general lack of awareness, education and structured training of HCPs. The objective of the study was to asses if continuing medical education symposium can be used as an effective educational tool to improve attitude, awareness and knowledge regarding occupational exposure to HIV infection. This quasi-experimental study was conducted among HCPs from Karachi, Pakistan. After assessing the baseline knowledge, awareness, and attitude by means of pretest; HCPs were reassessed with posttest after an education symposium on occupational exposure to HIV infection. Results: Among 364 participating HCPs, 14.2% had previous training on post exposure prophylaxis. There was an overall statistically significant (P value < 0.001) improvement in the attitude of the participants. A statistically positive improvement in the number of participants giving correct answer was observed in 9 out of 11 questions (P value < 0.001). The mean score of participants' knowledge before intervention was 6.44 ± 1.84, which improved to 8.82 ± 2.17. Along with the increase in knowledge, a positive change in the attitude regarding safety against HIV was observed after the education symposium.
AB - Objective: Health care providers (HCPs) are at risk of occupational exposure to HIV infection. In developing world these exposure occur due to general lack of awareness, education and structured training of HCPs. The objective of the study was to asses if continuing medical education symposium can be used as an effective educational tool to improve attitude, awareness and knowledge regarding occupational exposure to HIV infection. This quasi-experimental study was conducted among HCPs from Karachi, Pakistan. After assessing the baseline knowledge, awareness, and attitude by means of pretest; HCPs were reassessed with posttest after an education symposium on occupational exposure to HIV infection. Results: Among 364 participating HCPs, 14.2% had previous training on post exposure prophylaxis. There was an overall statistically significant (P value < 0.001) improvement in the attitude of the participants. A statistically positive improvement in the number of participants giving correct answer was observed in 9 out of 11 questions (P value < 0.001). The mean score of participants' knowledge before intervention was 6.44 ± 1.84, which improved to 8.82 ± 2.17. Along with the increase in knowledge, a positive change in the attitude regarding safety against HIV was observed after the education symposium.
KW - Attitude
KW - Continuing medical education
KW - Health care providers
KW - Human immunodeficiency virus
KW - Knowledge
KW - Occupational exposure
KW - Post exposure prophylaxis
KW - Prevention
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U2 - 10.1186/s13104-018-3231-y
DO - 10.1186/s13104-018-3231-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 29448948
AN - SCOPUS:85042110693
SN - 1756-0500
VL - 11
JO - BMC Research Notes
JF - BMC Research Notes
IS - 1
M1 - 131
ER -
