Willingness to care for patients with HIV/AIDS

Välimäki, Maritta; Makkonena, Pekka; Blek-Vehkaluotod, Mari; Mockienė, Vida; Istomina, Natalja; Raid, Ulla; Vänskä, Maj-Lis; Suominen, Tarja

doi:10.1177/0969733008092868

Use this url to cite publication: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14172/2688

Willingness to care for patients with HIV/AIDS

Type of publication

Straipsnis Web of Science ir Scopus duomenų bazėje / Article in Web of Science and Scopus database (S1)

Type of document

type::text::journal::journal article::research article

Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Välimäki, Maritta

Title

Willingness to care for patients with HIV/AIDS

[en]

Publisher

London : SAGE Publications

Publisher (trusted)

SAGE Publications

Date Issued

Date	Volume	Issue	Start Page	End Page
2008	15	5	586	600

Is part of

Nursing ethics

Research Area

Field of Science

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Gera sveikata / Good Health and Well-being (03)

Kokybiškas išsilavinimas / Quality Education (04)

Lyčių lygybė / Gender Equality (05)

Keywords (en)

Abstract (en)

This study aims to describe and compare nurses’ willingness to provide care for patients with HIV/AIDS and factors associated with this in three countries. An international cross-sectional survey was conducted among nurses working in medical, surgical and gynaecology units in Finland (n 427), Estonia (n 221) and Lithuania (n 185) in early 2006. The response rates were 75% (n 322) in Finland, 54% (n 119) in Estonia and 86% (n 160) in Lithuania. A modified version of a scale developed in 1994 by Dubbert et al. was applied. Our findings showed a general willingness of the nurse participants to provide care for patients with HIV/AIDS. However, this willingness varied both among and within countries and was also related to specific nursing interventions. The results underline the importance of providing education on ethical issues related to HIV/AIDS care in Europe and tailoring the content of this education to meet nurses’ national educational needs.