Determination of Midwives' and Nurses' Attitudes to AIDS

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dc.contributor.authorKostak, Melahat Akgun
dc.contributor.authorUnsar, Serap
dc.contributor.authorSadirli, Seda Kurt
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:51:03Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:51:03Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Because of fear of contagion, health professionals have showed negative attitudes to patients with AIDS which are increasing gradually number in Turkey. Therefore, this study was planned to determine of midwives' and nurses' attitudes to individuals with AIDS and affecting factors of these attitudes. Method: The sample of the study was composed of nurses (n= 163) and midwives (n= 31) who worked at Trakya University Medicine Faculty. Data were collected AIDS Attitudes Scale (AAS) developed by Bliwise et al. (1991), and translated to Turkish language by Cimen et al. (2005). Data were analyzed analysis of variance, student-t test and Bonferroni multiplecomparison test. Results: Total AAS score of the nurse and midwifes was found as 50.1 +/- 13.5 (range= 25-81), and moderate. When the sociodemographic and caring patients with AIDS about charecteristics of the study sample and AAS scores were compared; their attitudes to AIDS were more positive in the study sample midwives than nurses, the ages of 18-24 than those at the age of 28 and over, those graduated bachelors' degree than those graduated associated degree, working below 2 years than working above 3 years, those caring patients with AIDS (%39.7) than those not caring patients with AIDS (%60.3), those learned about AIDS disease than those did not learn, those knowed safety precautions than those did not know precautions (p<0.05). Conclusion: At the end of the study it can be suggested that in service training programs should be changed for midwives' and nurses' attitudes to patient with AIDS positively.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage86en_US
dc.identifier.issn2147-8686
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage76en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/18222
dc.identifier.volume17en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000409754700002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherIstanbul Univ-Cerrahpasaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFlorence Nightingale Journal Of Nursingen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAIDSen_US
dc.subjectAIDS Attitudes Scaleen_US
dc.subjectMidwifeen_US
dc.subjectNurseen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectHiven_US
dc.titleDetermination of Midwives' and Nurses' Attitudes to AIDSen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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