title: [Baseline survey on physician practice and attitude in recommending partner HIV testing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We studied physician partner testing (PT) practice and obstacles against PT in the clinical settings in Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were 513 physicians identified at HIV/AIDS sentinel hospitals. The questionnaire included demographics, current practices, factors for facilitating PT, experience in finding new HIV cases through PT, and information channels for PT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of physicians interviewed, 66% did PT for all HIV cases, with 37% finding 185 new HIV cases through PT. Physicians reported too little time for PT, together with a lack of legal authorization and standardized educational material. Of those interviewed, 78% did PT orally.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Detecting new HIV cases showed the effectiveness of PT in identifying and diagnosing HIV cases as early as possible in Japan. To expand PT legal authorization, standardized practices, and educational material all require development.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's College of Nursing.
authors.forename: Narumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakase
authors.forename: Tomoki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Kiyosu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians; D012747:Sexual Partners; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires