The level of awareness of medical students of the internship course of Shahid Sadoughi Hospital of Yazd about AIDS

Abstract

AIDS is an immune system deficiency disease. Still, the best way to control AIDS is prevention and awareness about this disease. The aim of the present study was to measure the level of knowledge of medical interns about AIDS. The present study was a cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was used in this research. The studied community included medical interns in 2019 and 2020. Finally, SPSS was used for analyzing. This study was conducted on 211 medical students. There was no significant difference in the knowledge level of the interns in terms of gender. The score of the questionnaire of the students who passed the infectious part was higher. In the current study was proved that the sex and marriage of the students was not effective on the awareness about AIDS.