Evaluation de la plateforme Neuro-VIH d’un hôpital universitaire par les patients et les médecins traitants [Evaluation of an outpatient multidisciplinary Neuro-HIV clinic by the patients and referring doctors]

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serval:BIB_18421788191D
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
Evaluation de la plateforme Neuro-VIH d’un hôpital universitaire par les patients et les médecins traitants [Evaluation of an outpatient multidisciplinary Neuro-HIV clinic by the patients and referring doctors]
Journal
Revue medicale suisse
Author(s)
Vallotton K., Métral M., Chocron O., Meuli R., Alves D., Du Pasquier R., Cavassini M.
ISSN
1660-9379 (Print)
ISSN-L
1660-9379
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/04/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
13
Number
558
Pages
782-786
Language
french
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The neurocognitive complaints among HIV infected patients remain frequent, and to establish their etiology can be challenging. We created in 2011 an outpatient Neuro-HIV clinical platform that takes advantage of a multidisciplinary approach with 5 specialists (neuropsychologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, infectiologist and neuroradiologist). In order to estimate its utility, we conducted two questionnaire-based interviews by phone calls with the patients and their referring physicians. Three quarters of both the patients and the physicians interviewed consider the platform useful or essential. Even though there is often no immediate treatment for cognitive disorders, the patients receive from this multidisciplinary approach a better understanding of their disease, which may help them to better cope with their anxieties in daily life.

Keywords
AIDS Dementia Complex/therapy, Adaptation, Psychological, Ambulatory Care Facilities/organization & administration, Ambulatory Care Facilities/standards, Attitude of Health Personnel, Attitude to Health, Female, HIV Infections/complications, HIV Infections/therapy, Humans, Interdisciplinary Communication, Male, Middle Aged, Neurocognitive Disorders/therapy, Neurocognitive Disorders/virology, Physicians/statistics & numerical data, Specialization/statistics & numerical data, Surveys and Questionnaires
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