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An assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, and risk perceptions of pharmacy students regarding HIV/AIDS
Syed Imran Ahmed1, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Noorizan Abdul Aziz
1School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. sia194@yahoo.com
Objective:
To evaluate the level of knowledge, attitudes, and risk perceptions of University Sains Malaysia final-year pharmacy students regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunity deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Method:
A cross-sectional study among pharmacy students. Data were analyzed with Chi-square to find difference at p value < 0.05.
Results:
The majority of students (83.07%) responded showing a difference in gender and race. Students showed low willingness (9.2%) to assist patients and low confidence (36.1%) in their education about HIV/AIDS patients. Students recommended HIV testing for health care professionals (69.4%) and patients (75.9%) before surgical procedures. Students knew little about Post Exposure Prophylaxis (18.5%) or about the time for HIV to develop into AIDS (57.4%). About 40% of students were unaware of the inability of antivirals to treat HIV/AIDS. Students had low awareness for opportunistic infections (18.5%), and low agreement on competency to treat and counsel HIV patients (12.9%).
Conclusion:
The study highlighted students' misconceptions, negative attitudes, and risk perceptions towards HIV/AIDS.
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