EFFECTS OF A NURSING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND ANXIETY ABOUT ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (IMMUNE DEFICIENCY).
Contributors: University of Virginia.
Published: 1990
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Health.
Description: The study was designed to assess the effectiveness of an AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) educational program on the knowledge, attitudes, and anxiety of undergraduate nursing students. Subjects included 38 juniors (37 women; 1 man) and 43 sophomores (39 women; 4 men), ranging in age from 17 to 41, who were attending a residential Christian university in central Virginia. The Juniors served as experimental subjects; the sophomores as controls. Before experimental subjects received a special curriculum, both groups were assessed for their knowledge of AIDS, attitude toward treating AIDS Patients, and anxiety about the disease. Three instruments were used: (a) Caring for Persons with AIDS test (a National League for Nurses test) to probe for knowledge of basic principles; (b) an AIDS Survey (developed from an elicitation questionnaire) to measure attitudes and basic knowledge; and (c) Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory. Experimental subjects were assessed on these instruments immediately following treatment. One month later, both groups were again assessed. Findings suggest that the intervention was efficacious in that knowledge about AIDS improved, attitudes became more positive toward AIDS patients, and there was an immediate decrease in AIDS-related anxiety. Improved knowledge and attitudes persisted over the one-month span of the investigation. The decreased anxiety levels, however, proved to be only temporary.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: B, page: 4278.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, 1990.

School code: 0246.