Assessing pharmacists' perspectives of HIV and the care of HIV-infected patients in Alabama.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose was to assess factors potentially affecting care pharmacists provide to HIV/AIDS patients including comfort level, confidence, education, experience, professional competence, continuity of care and patient-provider relationship between pharmacists and HIV-infected patients.

Methods

A 24-item questionnaire assessed the constructs of this study. Surveys were distributed from October 2009 to April 2010 to pharmacists in Alabama with varying levels of experience treating HIV-infected patients. Chi-square tests determined whether relationships existed between responses, consisting of how often respondents reported treating HIV-infected patients, amount of HIV education respondents had, participants' confidence with HIV/AIDS knowledge and comfort level counse

SUBMITTER: Davis Pate M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3780495 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature