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DOCN M94A1995
TI Consequences of telling one's seropositivity to others.
DT 9412
AU Defeu I; De Vuyst H; Van Renterghem H; Fleerackers Y; Peeters R;
Colebunders R; De Witte Raven, Antwerpen, Belgium.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):404 (abstract no. PD0224). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370580
AB OBJECTIVE: To study in Flanders the consequences of telling one's
seropositivity to others. METHODS: Part of the evaluation of the quality
of care for persons with HIV infection in Flanders an anonymous
questionnaire survey was organized among persons with HIV infection. The
study started in September 1993. Questionnaires (in Dutch) were
distributed by HIV treatment centers, general hospitals, general
practitioners and HIV/AIDS support organizations. Participants were
asked whether they told someone else that they were seropositive, which
person they informed, when they informed them, and what the reactions
were. So far, the data of the first hundred participants were analyzed.
RESULTS: The study participants were 84 men and 16 women. Ninety were
Belgians, 10 were Dutch speaking other Europeans. 73 were homo or
bisexual men, 11 heterosexual men, 16 heterosexual women. 89
participants revealed their seropositivity to at least one other person:
the sexual partner (89%), a friend (77%), a family member (56%), a
colleague from work (38%), nearly everybody (10%). 82% of the sexual
partners were informed within 1 month of diagnosis. Consequences of
revealing their seropositivity to others included: more friendship
(61%), more support (65%), the information was not kept confidential
(53%), they were abandoned by the partner (21%), a negative effect on
the relation with the partner (30%), negative reactions of the family
(15%), negative reactions of friends (12%), discrimination (19%).
CONCLUSIONS: Most persons with HIV infection in Flanders inform somebody
else about their seropositivity. In most instances this led to more
support and friendship, but often the information was not kept
confidential.
DE Belgium Bisexuality Europe/EPIDEMIOLOGY Female Homosexuality Human
*HIV Seropositivity/*PSYCHOLOGY *Interpersonal Relations Male
Netherlands/ETHNOLOGY Sex Behavior *Truth Disclosure MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).