Healthcare Providers' Views on Hepatitis C Testing and Counseling Among Sexual Partners of Hepatitis-C-Infected Persons: An Online Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current hepatitis C virus (HCV) counseling guidelines do not recommend that HCV-infected patients notify their partners or encourage them to get tested. We aimed to assess healthcare professionals' knowledge of and attitudes toward counseling and testing recommendations for HCV-infected patients.

Methods

A 15-question, anonymous survey was designed and distributed via email to a convenience sample of healthcare professionals who work with Brown University or Boston University affiliated hospitals to assess their knowledge of and attitudes toward counseling recommendations for HCV-infected patients. The data was collected electronically and analyzed using descriptive statistical methods.

Results

Of the 55 respondents (a 20% response rate), 73% incorrectly be

SUBMITTER: Dunham K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8384264 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature