Therapist knowledge of HIV in Dade county
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge levels of therapists in Dade county therapy settings regarding HIV. The principal hypothesis was that therapists who saw a large number of HIV patients would score higher on a test of knowledge of HIV than therapists who saw few patients with HIV. The second hypothesis was that there is a difference in score depending on the type of facility where the therapist is employed. A third hypothesis was that therapists are less knowledgeable in the content areas of neurology, opportunistic infection, drug/chemotherapy and evaluation/treatment than they are in the area of infection control. Two hundred and fifty-four respondents were used for analysis. There was a significant relationship between: (1) total mean score and the number of known HIV individuals given treatment; (2) total mean score and the type of facility; (3) mean content scores with the therapists scoring highest in the area of infection control. Therefore, none of the three hypothesis were rejected.
Subject Area
Rehabilitation|Therapy|Occupational safety
Recommended Citation
Villarreal, Ana Maria, "Therapist knowledge of HIV in Dade county" (1996). ProQuest ETD Collection for FIU. AAI1378884.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/dissertations/AAI1378884