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Document 0708
DOCN M9490708
TI Anxiety and perception of risk of HIV and hepatitis B infection among
health-care workers reporting accidental exposures to blood and other
body fluids.
DT 9411
AU Cockcroft A; Oakley K; Gooch C; Mastin S; Occupational Health Unit,
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London,; UK.
SO AIDS Care. 1994;6(2):205-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94339211
AB We noticed considerable variation in anxiety among staff reporting blood
exposure incidents and therefore undertook a study to investigate this.
We studied 100 consecutive staff reporting blood or other body fluid
exposures to the Occupational Health Unit. The nurse seeing the staff
member administered a questionnaire about worries related to the
incident, knowledge of HIV and hepatitis B transmission risks,
perception of risk from the particular incident and predicted reaction
of others that would be told. Level of anxiety was recorded on a visual
analogue scale. Staff were then given information and counselling as
usual, and asked to re-attend after a week, when the questionnaire was
repeated. We found that the initial level of anxiety was not related to
knowledge of HIV or hepatitis B transmission risks, but was related to
perception of risk from the incident and to predicted reaction of others
that would be told. The eight staff involved in exposures to known
HIV-infected blood were not more anxious than the remainder. There was a
reduction in anxiety between visits, which was significantly greater in
women, in those who had a non-parental exposure and in those where the
source patient was known. Knowledge of transmission risks also improved
significantly between visits. This study underlines the importance of
adequate counselling of staff who have suffered blood exposures.
DE Adult Anxiety/*PSYCHOLOGY *Blood-Borne Pathogens *Disease
Transmission, Patient-to-Professional Female Hepatitis
B/*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Hepatitis B Virus Hepatitis
C/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Human HIV HIV
Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION HIV
Seropositivity/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Male Middle Age Needlestick Injuries/PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY
Occupational Diseases/ETIOLOGY/*PSYCHOLOGY *Patient Care Team Risk
Factors JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).