Passannante M R, French J, Louria D B
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103.
Am J Prev Med. 1993 Jan-Feb;9(1):6-14.
We sent a survey to more than 8,000 New Jersey health professionals to collect information on their knowledge level, attitudes, and prevention practices relating to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The surveys were distributed through the mail in three separate waves with a postcard reminder. A total of 2,725 individuals provided completed questionnaires (34% response rate). We assessed the AIDS and HIV-related knowledge level of these health professionals, compared their knowledge levels, and identified variables that predict a high level of knowledge. The overall test scores indicate a definite need for AIDS education among these health professionals; on average, doctors answered 71% of the knowledge items correctly; dentists, 66%; and nurses, 65%. Doctors scored higher than the other health professionals on almost all of the 38 items relating to the epidemiological aspects of HIV, transmission, identification and reporting of HIV disease and AIDS, and assessment of HIV-associated risks. The multivariate regression model explained 24% of the variability in knowledge score (P = .0001) and identified the following independent variables as significant predictors of knowledge score: age, race, marital status, religious beliefs, political orientation, professional group, average number of hours worked each week, experience with HIV+/AIDS patients, knowledge self-assessment, and sources of AIDS information.
我们向8000多名新泽西州的医疗专业人员发送了一份调查问卷，以收集他们关于人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）和获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS）的知识水平、态度及预防措施的信息。这些调查问卷分三批通过邮寄方式发放，并附明信片提醒。共有2725人提供了完整的问卷（回复率为34%）。我们评估了这些医疗专业人员与艾滋病和HIV相关的知识水平，比较了他们的知识水平，并确定了能够预测高知识水平的变量。总体测试分数表明这些医疗专业人员对艾滋病教育有明确需求；平均而言，医生正确回答了71%的知识问题；牙医为66%；护士为65%。在与HIV的流行病学方面、传播、HIV疾病和艾滋病的识别与报告以及HIV相关风险评估有关的38个项目中，医生在几乎所有项目上的得分都高于其他医疗专业人员。多元回归模型解释了知识得分变异性的24%（P = .0001），并确定了以下自变量为知识得分的显著预测因素：年龄、种族、婚姻状况、宗教信仰、政治倾向、专业群体、每周平均工作小时数、与HIV阳性/艾滋病患者的接触经验、知识自我评估以及艾滋病信息来源。
