TY - JOUR
T1 - Providers' knowledge, practices, and barriers related to genital herpes testing for patients With HIV
AU - Gilbert, Lisa
AU - Nanda, Joy
AU - Farley, Jason
AU - Mark, Hayley
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - This cross-sectional study explored the knowledge, practice, and reported barriers related to genital herpes testing among 102 health care providers who treat people living with HIV in the United States. Twelve percent reported always testing HIV-infected patients for genital herpes, 65% sometimes or usually tested, and 23% rarely or never tested for genital herpes. Seventy-five percent said testing was not standard of care. Providers were more likely to recommend a herpes test if the patient had symptoms (94%) or had a partner with herpes (83%) and were less likely to recommend testing if patients had no partners (60%) or would rather not know (49%). Our work adds to the growing body of literature on herpes simplex virus-HIV coinfection by documenting that (a) providers often do not screen for genital herpes, (b) knowledge of appropriate diagnostic evaluation is limited, and (c) many clinicians report the lack of clear guidelines is a barrier to testing.
AB - This cross-sectional study explored the knowledge, practice, and reported barriers related to genital herpes testing among 102 health care providers who treat people living with HIV in the United States. Twelve percent reported always testing HIV-infected patients for genital herpes, 65% sometimes or usually tested, and 23% rarely or never tested for genital herpes. Seventy-five percent said testing was not standard of care. Providers were more likely to recommend a herpes test if the patient had symptoms (94%) or had a partner with herpes (83%) and were less likely to recommend testing if patients had no partners (60%) or would rather not know (49%). Our work adds to the growing body of literature on herpes simplex virus-HIV coinfection by documenting that (a) providers often do not screen for genital herpes, (b) knowledge of appropriate diagnostic evaluation is limited, and (c) many clinicians report the lack of clear guidelines is a barrier to testing.
KW - Genital herpes
KW - HIV
KW - Herpes simplex virus
KW - Provider practices
KW - Serological screening
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jana.2009.12.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jana.2009.12.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 20347347
AN - SCOPUS:77955570386
SN - 1055-3290
VL - 21
SP - 327
EP - 334
JO - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
IS - 4
ER -