Department of Adults' Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland.
Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warszawa, Poland.
Viruses. 2024 Sep 15;16(9):1470. doi: 10.3390/v16091470.
The number of late diagnoses of HIV remains very high in Poland, leading to a high proportion of patients developing and dying of HIV-related diseases. The main reason for this is the very low utilization of HIV testing. Our analyses aimed to investigate knowledge about the indications for HIV testing among medical university students, as well as identify their own HIV testing experiences.
A cross-sectional survey study was designed to collect information on the students' demographics and their experiences of HIV testing, as well as their knowledge of virus transmission and the indications for testing. Data were collected as part of the HIV_week@WUM project conducted at the Medical University of Warsaw in parallel with the 18th European AIDS Conference, which took place in Warsaw between 18 and 21 October 2023.
In total, 545 questionnaires were collected. The median age of the study participants was 20 (interquartile range (IQR): 19-22 years). The majority of respondents were as follows: women (67.5%), born in Poland (97.8%), and were attending the medical faculty (56.7%). Only 114 (21.43%) participants had ever been tested for HIV. For all modes of HIV transmission, most of the respondents overestimated the risk of acquiring HIV, but, at the same time, they had never been tested for HIV.
Only one in five health sciences students has ever had a test for HIV, which is less than estimates for the general population of Warsaw. There is an ongoing need to popularize testing among future health care providers in order to address both the indications for testing for individuals and the better use of HIV testing in clinical practice.
在波兰，HIV 的晚期诊断数量仍然很高，导致很大比例的患者出现并死于与 HIV 相关的疾病。主要原因是 HIV 检测的利用率非常低。我们的分析旨在调查医学生对 HIV 检测指征的了解情况，以及确定他们自己的 HIV 检测经验。
设计了一项横断面调查研究，以收集有关学生人口统计学信息以及他们的 HIV 检测经验，以及他们对病毒传播和检测指征的了解。数据是在 2023 年 10 月 18 日至 21 日在华沙举行的第 18 届欧洲艾滋病会议期间，与在华沙举行的 HIV_week@WUM 项目同时收集的。
共收集了 545 份问卷。研究参与者的中位年龄为 20 岁（四分位距（IQR）：19-22 岁）。大多数受访者如下：女性（67.5%），出生于波兰（97.8%），并就读于医学系（56.7%）。只有 114 名（21.43%）参与者曾接受过 HIV 检测。对于所有 HIV 传播方式，大多数受访者高估了感染 HIV 的风险，但同时他们从未接受过 HIV 检测。
只有五分之一的健康科学专业学生曾经接受过 HIV 检测，这低于华沙一般人群的估计。需要不断向未来的医疗保健提供者宣传检测，以解决个人检测指征以及更好地在临床实践中利用 HIV 检测的问题。
