在尼日利亚西北部一个三级保健中心就诊的艾滋病感染者中艾滋病毒传播、预防和治疗的常见事实和虚构

A. Amoko, E. MacLeod, A.Y. Koforade
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目的:人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)的传播、预防和治疗受到人类行为习惯的极大影响。这使得了解关于这种疾病的一些真相(事实)和谎言(虚构)在预防和控制中极为重要。在一般人群中进行了几项关于评估艾滋病毒感染知识的研究,但只有少数研究涉及艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者。本研究旨在评估在尼日利亚西北部Birnin Kebbi联邦医疗中心成人抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART)诊所就诊的艾滋病感染者对艾滋病毒感染的传播、预防和治疗的知识和理解水平。方法:本研究采用以医院为基础的描述性横断面研究,采用访谈问卷调查的方式,选取了62例在成人art诊所就诊8周的患者。采用SPSS-16对数据进行分析。结果:70%以上的受访者在HIV感染的传播方式问题上得分在75%以上。然而,73.4%的应答者认为艾滋病毒感染是可治愈的,40.6%的应答者认为存在商业上可获得的预防艾滋病毒感染的疫苗。在HIV传播方式和预防问题中,平均得分较高(75%及以上)的人群与豪萨族(p值=0.013)、高中及以上文化程度(p值=0.014)和城市居民(p值=0.003)存在统计学意义上的相关性。结论:受访人群对HIV传播、预防和治疗有较好的基础知识;然而,关于这种疾病的某些谎言/虚构的知识需要改进。
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Common facts and fictions about HIV transmission, prevention and treatment among PLWHA attending a tertiary healthcare centre in North-Western Nigeria
Objectives:The transmission, prevention, and treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are greatly influenced by human  behavioral practices. This makes knowledge of some truths (facts) and lies (fictions) about the disease extremely important in its  prevention and control. Several studies on the assessment of knowledge about HIV infection have been undertaken among the general  population, but only a few have involved people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge  and understanding on transmission, prevention, and treatment of HIV infection among PLWHA attending an adult anti- retroviral therapy (ART) clinic at Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kebbi, North-western Nigeria. Method: The study was conducted as a hospital-based descriptive cross-sectional study using interviewer-administered questionnaires  among 62 patients, selected by convenience sampling technique, attending adult ART-clinic over a period of 8 weeks. The data was  analyzed using SPSS-16. Result: More than 70% of the respondents scored above 75% in the questions on modes of transmission of HIV infection. However, 73.4%  of the respondents believed HIV infection was curable, and 40.6% believed there is commercially available vaccination against HIV  infection. There were statistically significant associations between high mean scores (75% and above) in questions on modes of transmission and prevention of HIV, and being of Hausa ethnicity (p-value=0.013), having a senior secondary or higher level of education  (p-value=0.014) and being a resident in an urban setting (pvalue=0.003) Conclusion: There is a fairly good basic knowledge about HIV transmission, prevention and treatment among the respondents; however,  there is need for improvement in knowledge on certain lies/fictions regarding the disease. 
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