Screening for HIV during pregnancy. Survey of physicians' practices.
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OBJECTIVE To discover what proportion of Canadian family physicians and obstetricians discuss HIV screening with, and offer and recommend it to, the pregnant women for whom they provide prenatal care, and to describe how screening practices vary by physician and type of practice. DESIGN Survey using a mailed questionnaire. SETTING Canada. PARTICIPANTS Random sample of family physicians and obstetricians (3076 responded) providing prenatal care in 1997. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Sex; age; years since graduation; teaching appointments; practice characteristics; specialty; province; proportion of physicians discussing HIV screening with, and offering and recommending it to, their prenatal patients; characteristics of physicians who did and did not offer screening. RESULTS Of 3076 responding physicians (61% response rate), 2129 (69%) provided prenatal care. About 55% of these reported they offered HIV screening to all or most of their pregnant patients; 42% reported either not offering screening or offering it only to patients they perceived at high risk. Family physicians who were female, younger, and holding teaching appointments were more likely to offer screening, as were younger obstetricians and those practising in urban settings. Family physicians and obstetricians in British Columbia were much more likely than physicians in other regions to offer screening. CONCLUSION This study provides baseline measures of the prenatal HIV screening practices of Canadian physicians and identifies factors associated with these practices. RÉSUMÉ OBJECTIF Établir la proportion des médecins de famille et des obstétriciens qui discutent du dépistage du VIH, l’offrent et le recommandent aux femmes enceintes à qui ils prodiguent des soins prénatals, et décrire comment les pratiques de dépistage varient selon le médecin et le type d’exercice. CONCEPTION Une enquête à l’aide d’un questionnaire envoyé par la poste. CONTEXTE Le Canada. PARTICIPANTS Un échantillon aléatoire de médecins de famille et d’obstétriciens (3 076 ont répondu) dispensant des soins prénatals en 1997. PRINCIPALES MESURES DES RÉSULTATS Le sexe; l’âge; les années écoulées depuis le diplôme; les charges d’enseignement; les caractéristiques de la pratique; la spécialité; la province; la proportion des médecins qui discutent du dépistage du VIH avec leurs patientes en soins prénatals, l’offrent et le recommandent; les caractéristiques des médecins qui ont offert le dépistage et de ceux qui ont omis de le faire. RÉSULTATS Des 3 076 médecins répondants (un taux de réponse de 61%), 2 129 (69%) dispensaient des soins prénatals. Environ 55% de ceux-ci ont signalé offrir le dépistage du VIH à la totalité ou la majorité de leurs patientes enceintes; 42% ont rapporté soit ne pas offrir le dépistage ou encore l’offrir seulement aux patientes qu’ils percevaient comme étant à risque. Les médecins de famille qui étaient des femmes, étaient plus jeunes ou avaient une charge d’enseignement étaient davantage enclins à offrir le dépistage, ainsi que les obstétriciens plus jeunes et ceux exerçant en milieu urbain. Il était beaucoup plus fréquent chez les médecins de famille et les obstétriciens de la Colombie-Britannique d’offrir le dépistage par rapport à ceux des autres régions. CONCLUSION Cette étude procure un point de référence concernant les pratiques des médecins canadiens en matière de dépistage prénatal du VIH et identifie les facteurs associés à ces pratiques. This article has been peer reviewed. Cet article a fait l’objet d’une évaluation externe. Can Fam Physician 2001;47:2250-2257.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien
دوره 47 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001