A pilot study exploring sexual health clinician confidence and barriers to anal examination and proctoscopy in men who have sex with men.
Sex Health
; 18(6): 515-516, 2022 01.
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| ID: mdl-34838154
ABSTRACT
Anal examination and proctoscopy are important skills needed to facilitate the diagnoses of STIs and cancer. Clinician (25 doctors/15 nurses) confidence was higher for anal examination versus proctoscopy (median Likert scores 4/5 vs 5/5, P≤0.05) and higher in doctors compared with nurses (median Likert scores 5/5 vs 4/5, P<0.008, 4/5 vs 2/5, P<0.005), and related to years of experience (5/5 vs 4/5, P<0.001, 3/5 vs 5/5, P=0.007). Barriers included lack of opportunities for training, concerns about patient reluctance, and lack of available equipment. We need to be innovative when up-skilling the specialist sexual health workforce using online training and optimising opportunities for clinical assessment of MSM.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Saúde Sexual
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Minorias Sexuais e de Gênero
Limite:
Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sex Health
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article