SYMMETRIC APPROACH TO MOLDING A SANOGENIC BEHAVIOR PATTERN IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV INFECTION

Anonymous questionnaire surveys were used to examine needs for information and skills in preventing the burnout syndrome (BS) in 4 groups of medical workers totaling 183 respondents. The results of the survey showed that these needs were not specific to physicians dealing with HIV infection and they were detectable when studying the opinions of other groups of specialists. The survey of 59 workers of a clinical immunology laboratory, therapeutic-and-diagnostic and epidemiology units indicated that the specialists directly contacting the patients had the maximum needs to obtain information on the prevention of BS. The survey of 113 medical workers demonstrated that the study participants were well aware of the major clinical manifestations of BS; however, the volume and quality of strategies for maintaining the health status were insufficient. The paper substantiates the appropriateness of the symmetric approach to molding a sanogenic behavior pattern. Nurturing and developing approaches to BS prevention, interactive lesson methods, and promises for further studies are discussed. It is concluded that the symmetric approach to molding a sanogenic behavior pattern in the context of HIV infection assists specialists to perceive this problem as individually important and it can recognize and implement the effective ways of motivating the patients to fulfill the recommendations given by the specialists.

HIV infection, behavior, burnout syndrome