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Atitudes dos psiquiatras em relação à SIDA – Hospitais Psiquiátricos versus departamento de psiquiatria de Hospitais Gerais
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Os Psiquiatras podem desempenhar um papel de relevo
na prevenção da infecção pelo VIH, nomeadamente
em relação a sujeitos com perturbações mentais
variadas. Ao mesmo tempo, são cada vez mais solicitados
a avaliar e tratar sujeitos com patologia mental
associada à infecção pelo VIH e à SIDA. Assim sendo,
torna-se pertinente estudar as atitudes dos psiquiatras
em relação à SIDA.
Neste artigo apresentam-se os resultados de um estudo
que teve por objectivo investigar as atitudes de
médicos psiquiatras em relação à SIDA, comparando
as atitudes de psiquiatras que exercem em hospitais
psiquiátricos com as atitudes de psiquiatras que
exercem em departamentos de psiquiatria e saúde
mental de hospitais gerais.
Foi estudada uma amostra de 90 psiquiatras de ambos
os sexos, com média de idades de 43 anos, do distrito
de Lisboa, maioritariamente casados, com filhos e
com contacto profissional com sujeitos seropositivos ou
com SIDA. Verificou-se que as atitudes dos médicos
estudados em relação à SIDA foram predominantemente
positivas e favoráveis, mais acentuadamente entre os
solteiros sem filhos, evidenciando baixa percepção de
risco pessoal e profissional em relação à infecção pelo
VIH, constatando-se correlação negativa entre as atitudes
e a percepção de risco. Finalmente, entre os psiquiatras
de hospitais psiquiátricos e de hospitais gerais
verificaram-se algumas diferenças em relação à obtenção
do consentimento informado para realização do teste
e em relação ao rastreio sistemático dos doentes.
Psychiatrists may play a leading role in the prevention of the HIV infection, namely in reference to subjects with various mental disorders. Besides, psychiatrists are becoming more and more requested to evaluate and treat subjects with mental pathology associated with the HIV infection and AIDS. Therefore it has become relevant to study the attitudes of psychiatrists towards AIDS. This article presents the results of a study whose aim was to investigate the attitude of physicians towards AIDS and to compare the attitudes of psychiatrists who work in psychiatric hospitals with the attitude of those who work in the department of psychiatry of general hospitals. A sample of 90 psychiatrists of both genders was studied: they were 43 years old on average, from the district of Lisbon; most of them were married, with children and with professional contact with subjects infected with HIV or with AIDS. The physicians under study, particularly those who were single and childless, showed a predominantly positive and favourable attitude to AIDS, revealing their low perception of risk, both personal and professional, in relation to HIV infection. Therefore, the correlation between attitudes and perception of risk is negative. Finally, some differences were found between psychiatrists who work in psychiatric hospitals and those who work in the department of psychiatry of general hospitals over the obtaining of informed consent to undergo the HIV test and the systematic medical evaluation of the patients.
Psychiatrists may play a leading role in the prevention of the HIV infection, namely in reference to subjects with various mental disorders. Besides, psychiatrists are becoming more and more requested to evaluate and treat subjects with mental pathology associated with the HIV infection and AIDS. Therefore it has become relevant to study the attitudes of psychiatrists towards AIDS. This article presents the results of a study whose aim was to investigate the attitude of physicians towards AIDS and to compare the attitudes of psychiatrists who work in psychiatric hospitals with the attitude of those who work in the department of psychiatry of general hospitals. A sample of 90 psychiatrists of both genders was studied: they were 43 years old on average, from the district of Lisbon; most of them were married, with children and with professional contact with subjects infected with HIV or with AIDS. The physicians under study, particularly those who were single and childless, showed a predominantly positive and favourable attitude to AIDS, revealing their low perception of risk, both personal and professional, in relation to HIV infection. Therefore, the correlation between attitudes and perception of risk is negative. Finally, some differences were found between psychiatrists who work in psychiatric hospitals and those who work in the department of psychiatry of general hospitals over the obtaining of informed consent to undergo the HIV test and the systematic medical evaluation of the patients.
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Atitudes Percepção de risco Psiquiatras SIDA Consentimento informado Perception of risk Attitudes Psichiatrists AIDS Informed consent
Citation
Analise Psicológica XVIII(3), 319-324
Publisher
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada