title: Attitudes of healthcare providers towards patients with HIV/AIDS in Bandar Abbas.
abstract: We aimed to investigate the attitudes of healthcare providers towards patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Bandar Abbas, south of Iran. In this cross-sectional study, a random sample of 250 healthcare providers completed a 20-item questionnaire from January first through February 30th, 2007. There were five domains of attitudes towards patients with HIV. The items measured as a five-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. The mean age of the healthcare providers was 31.3 (SD=7.3) years. Of them 24.4% were males, 42.4% had received Bachelor of Science degree, 19.2% were physicians, 63.2% were nurses, and 17.6% were laboratory technicians. The respondents had fairly positive attitudes towards patients with HIV. Men, older age, more educated participants, and laboratory technicians had more favorable attitude towards HIV (P<0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
authors.forename: Teamur
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aghamolaei
authors.forename: Sedigheh-Sadat
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Tavafian
authors.forename: Laleh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hasani
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zare
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*