Attitudes and beliefs of nurses and physicians about managing sexual health in primary care

To understand the attitudes and beliefs of nurses and physicians about managing the sexual health of patients during office visits in primary care centres. A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional multi-centre study. The study was performed in 15 primary care centres in Barcelona (Spain), from Decembe...

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Autores: Leyva Moral, Juan M.|||0000-0003-4241-4992, Aguayo González, Mariela|||0000-0002-5968-5214, Palmieri, Patrick A.|||0000-0002-0765-0239, Guevara Vásquez, Génesis Masiel|||0000-0003-0329-3825, Granel, Nina|||0000-0001-7404-0564, Dalfó Pibernat, Artur|||0000-0002-2539-3715
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:238688
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/238688
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/nop2.641
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Attitude of health personnel
Community health nursing
Nurse practitioners
Nurse-patient relations
Physician-patient relations
Primary care physicians
Primary health care
Sexual health
Sexualidad en Atención Primaria Questionnaire
Surveys and questionnaires
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Sumario:To understand the attitudes and beliefs of nurses and physicians about managing the sexual health of patients during office visits in primary care centres. A questionnaire-based, cross-sectional multi-centre study. The study was performed in 15 primary care centres in Barcelona (Spain), from December 2017-February 2018. Obtained data were analysed with descriptive and bivariate statistics. Nearly half the participants believed they should manage sexual health in primary care, but a third of them disagreed this is a priority. Participants also believed patients are not comfortable speaking with them about sex. Statistically significant differences were observed between the professions as nurses more often reported receiving sexual health questions from patients and believed they had enough knowledge to appropriately respond. Most participants wanted additional education to speak with patients more comfortably and confidently about sex.