Providers' knowledge, practices, and barriers related to genital herpes testing for patients with HIV.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
; 21(4): 327-34, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
This cross-sectional study explored the knowledge, practice, and reported barriers related to genital herpes testing among 102 health care providers who treat people living with HIV in the United States. Twelve percent reported always testing HIV-infected patients for genital herpes, 65% sometimes or usually tested, and 23% rarely or never tested for genital herpes. Seventy-five percent said testing was not standard of care. Providers were more likely to recommend a herpes test if the patient had symptoms (94%) or had a partner with herpes (83%) and were less likely to recommend testing if patients had no partners (60%) or would rather not know (49%). Our work adds to the growing body of literature on herpes simplex virus-HIV coinfection by documenting that (a) providers often do not screen for genital herpes, (b) knowledge of appropriate diagnostic evaluation is limited, and (c) many clinicians report the lack of clear guidelines is a barrier to testing.
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Assunto principal:
Herpes Genital
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Infecções por HIV
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Pessoal de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Implementation_research
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article