Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) Study of Egyptian physicians towards HIV infection: a multicentre study

Authors

  • Mohamed Farouk Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Faculty of Medicine, New Valley University, New Valley, Elkharga, Egypt
  • Helal F Hetta Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Biotechnology, Department of Natural Products and Alternative Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohamed Abdelghani Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
  • Reem Ezzat Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8657-6796
  • Ehab F Moustafa Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
  • Sahar Hassany Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
  • Khaled Aboshaera Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
  • Lobna Abdelwahid Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
  • Mohamed Alboraie Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Shamardan Bazeed Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology Department, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
  • Nermeen Abdeen Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
  • Medhat A Saleh Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
  • Mohamed El-Kassas Endemic Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-6894

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.19679

Keywords:

HIV, AIDS, physicians, knowledge, attitude, practice, Egypt

Abstract

Introduction: In Egypt, there is a paucity of new data regarding awareness of HIV/AIDS among physicians. This study aimed to assess the level of awareness, attitude, practice, and knowledge of a sample of Egyptian physicians regarding HIV regarding natural history, epidemiology, and virology, method of transmission, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, prevention, and management.

Methodology: Sixty-eight Egyptian physicians were enrolled in an observational analytic multicenter cross-sectional KAP study in Egyptian tertiary health care facilities covering different localities, including New Valley University, Assiut University, South Valley University, Helwan University, Alexandria University, Aswan University, and Al-Azhar University.

Results: The attitude of physicians towards the privacy of persons living with HIV, was the one with the highest percentage 85.3%. On the other hand, respondents think that only 25% of physicians do not stigmatize HIV patients. Moreover, only 25% of the study group do not stigmatize persons living with HIV. The highest proportion of favorable practice was 39.7% and the lowest was 17.6%. With regard to their knowledge about HIV, the lowest proportion of correct answers to a question was 4.4%, and the highest proportion was 92.6%. Most of the enrolled physicians were found to have a moderate knowledge score, 49/68 (72%). There was a significant difference between different specialties regarding knowledge scores.

Conclusions: There are some knowledge gaps among a sample of Egyptian physicians with regard to HIV/AIDS. In addition, Egyptian physicians may have a moderate degree of undesirable attitude and practice toward HIV/AIDS.

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2024-07-29

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Farouk M, Hetta HF, Abdelghani M, Ezzat R, Moustafa EF, Hassany S, Aboshaera K, Abdelwahid L, Alboraie M, Bazeed S, Abdeen N, Saleh MA, El-Kassas M (2024) Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) Study of Egyptian physicians towards HIV infection: a multicentre study. J Infect Dev Ctries 18:1100–1107. doi: 10.3855/jidc.19679

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Vol. 18 No. 07: July 2024

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Copyright (c) 2024 Mohamed Farouk, Helal F. Hetta, Mohamed Abdelghani, Reem Ezzat, Ehab F Moustafa, Sahar Hassany, Khaled Aboshaera, Lobna Abdelwahid, Mohamed Alboraie, Shamardan Bazeed, Nermeen Abdeen, Medhat A. Saleh, Mohamed El-Kassas

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