AEGiS-09IAC: Stress, coping, social support & problems experienced by caregivers of HIV infected children: a comparison of HIV infected caregivers to non HIV infected caregivers.

9th International AIDS Conference


Berlin, Germany — June 6-11, 1993

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Stress, coping, social support & problems experienced by caregivers of HIV infected children: a comparison of HIV infected caregivers to non HIV infected caregivers.

Int Conf AIDS 1993 Jun 6-11; 9:120 (abstract no. WS-D17-3)
Hansell P, Hughes C, Caliandro G, Russo P, Budin W; Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.

OBJECTIVES: To determine caregivers' problems; (2) To assess caregivers stress, caregiver coping and caregiver's social support; and (3) To compare caregiver stress, caregiver coping and caregiver social support between HIV infected caregivers and non HIV infected caregivers.

METHODS: A comparative survey design was used to implement the study. Subjects were 46 primary caregivers of HIV infected children. The study measures were: F-COPES, The Derogatis Stress Profile and The Tilden Interpersonal Relationship Inventory. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and MANOVA. Caregiver problems were determined using content analysis.

RESULTS: Data were analyzed using MANOVA to test for significant differences between the 2 study groups. Significant differences were found between the 2 groups on stress and coping levels. There were no significant differences found between the 2 groups on social support. These results also indicate that caregivers of HIV infected children experience multiple problems.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study indicate that HIV infected caregivers (biological parents) have significantly greater stress and problems coping. These results suggest that HIV caregivers need interventions aimed at reducing stress and facilitating coping. These data are part of an ongoing longitudinal study that will test the effect of a social support boosting intervention upon on stress, coping and social support.

Keywords: AEGIS, Caregivers, Social Support, Adaptation, Psychological, Stress, Psychological, Stress, HIV Infections, Child Behavior Disorders, Longitudinal Studies, Child, Human, ICA9KWDaegis,caregivers,socialsupport,adaptation,psychological,stress,psychological,stress,hivinfections,childbehaviordisorders,longitudinalstudies,child,human,ica9
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