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Suominen T, Laakkonen L, Lioznov D, et al. Russian nursing students' knowledge level and attitudes in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - a descriptive study. BMC Nurs. 2015;14(1):1doi: 10.1186/s12912-014-0053-7.
Suominen, T., Laakkonen, L., Lioznov, D., Polukova, M., Nikolaenko, S., Lipiäinen, L., Välimäki, M., & Kylmä, J. (2015). Russian nursing students' knowledge level and attitudes in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - a descriptive study. BMC nursing, 14(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-014-0053-7
Suominen, Tarja, et al. "Russian nursing students' knowledge level and attitudes in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - a descriptive study." BMC nursing vol. 14,1 (2015): 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-014-0053-7
Suominen T, Laakkonen L, Lioznov D, Polukova M, Nikolaenko S, Lipiäinen L, Välimäki M, Kylmä J. Russian nursing students' knowledge level and attitudes in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - a descriptive study. BMC Nurs. 2015 Jan 08;14(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12912-014-0053-7. eCollection 2015. PMID: 25598706; PMCID: PMC4296538.
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BMC Nurs. 2015 Jan 08;14(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12912-014-0053-7. eCollection 2015.

Russian nursing students' knowledge level and attitudes in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - a descriptive study.

BMC nursing

Tarja Suominen, Laura Laakkonen, Dmitry Lioznov, Maya Polukova, Svetlana Nikolaenko, Liudmila Lipiäinen, Maritta Välimäki, Jari Kylmä

Affiliations

  1. School of Health Sciences, Nursing Science, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
  2. Lahti Polytechnic, Lahti, Finland.
  3. Center for Preventive Medicine, Pavlov State Medical University, 6/8 Lev Tolstoy St., 197089 St. Petersburg, Russia.
  4. Department of Higher Nursing Education, Pavlov State Medical University, 6/8 Lev Tolstoy St., 197089 St. Petersburg, Russia.
  5. Center for Chronic Viral Infections Research, Pavlov State Medical University, 6/8 Lev Tolstoy St., 197089 St. Petersburg, Russia.
  6. School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
  7. Department of Nursing Science and Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

PMID: 25598706 PMCID: PMC4296538 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-014-0053-7

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge of Russian nursing students regarding HIV and Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and their attitudes towards caring for people/patients living with HIV or AIDS (PLWHA - People Living With HIV/AIDS) and their possible homophobic attitudes. The HIV epidemic in Russia is substantial and increasing rapidly. Hence this study provides important new information regarding this phenomenon.

METHODS: The data was collected by questionnaire from students in three nursing schools (n = 102, response rate 95.3%). The data was analyzed using PASW Statistics version 18. For computing the level of the students' AIDS knowledge, all correct answers were recorded as equal to (1), while all incorrect and "Don't know" answers were recorded as equal to (0). Each respondent's scores were totaled and individual scores were analyzed using regression analysis. The effect of demographic variables on the average scores of attitudes was also subjected to regression analysis.

RESULTS: Overall, students' knowledge level regarding HIV and AIDS was moderate (range 5-26). Of a maximum score of 33, the mean of correct answers was 19.8 (SD = 3.70). Nursing students' attitudes were quite negative and they also demonstrated homophobic attitudes. The mean scale score for nursing students' general attitude was 2.75, and for homophobic attitudes it was 3.3 (min = 1, max = 5). Only the background factor of gender correlated with the homophobic level demonstrated (p = .05, β = -.67). Nursing students' overall willingness to provide care for PLWHA was associated with their attitudes (p = .003, β = -.534).

CONCLUSIONS: Given that the HIV epidemic in Russia is both substantial and increasing, it is essential to improve HIV nursing education to provide sufficient and up-to-date information about HIV and also to prepare nursing students for caring for PLWHA. In doing so, this may help to address both the deficits in student knowledge, and also modify their attitude towards PLWHA.

Keywords: Attitudes; Care; HIV; Knowledge; Nursing student; PLWHA; Russia

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