| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北醫學大學 === 保健營養學系 === 92 === The main purpose of the study was to understand the need of HIV/AIDS patients for dietitians from viewpoints of infection specialists in Taiwan. 260 infection specialists served as the sample. A total of 113 (43.5%) completed the questionnaire. 80 (70.8%) were males. Mean age was 43.3±8.8 years. 81.4% owned bachelor. 88.5% were married. 54.9% were no religious. 78.6% were visiting staffs. Only 9.2% had HIV/AIDS outpatient clinic. 73.1% had researching work. 81.3% had not studied nutrition. 61.6% had very satisfied and satisfied attitudes to dietitians. 51.9% thought the consultation fee for dietitians should be paid by health insurance. 84.4% thought the frequency of dietitian consultation was 1-3 times. The mean score-obtaining rates of score 1 (scores of the need of HIV/AIDS patient’s symptoms for dietitian’s care and service), score 2 (scores of the need of diet direction and nutrition consultation offered by dietitians), and score 3 (scores of total need of dietitian’s service) were 69.2%, 79.6% and 72.2%, respectively. The stepwise multivariate regression analyses of score 1 showed (in order) that satisfied degrees of attitude to dietitians, thirty minutes nutrition consultation fee, religion and frequency of thirty minutes nutrition consultation contributed 35.1% of the variance in score 1. The regression analyses of score 2 showed in order that satisfied degrees of attitude to dietitians, frequency of thirty minutes nutrition consultation and religion contributed 29.4% of the variance in score 2. The regression analyses of score 3 in order that satisfied degrees of attitude to dietitians, age and religoncontributed 17.1% of the variance in score 3.
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