A cross sectional study: the knowledge, attitude, perception, misconception and views (KAPMV) of adult family members of people living with human immune virus-HIV acquired immune deficiency syndrome-AIDS (PLWHA)

We intended to assess knowledge, attitude, perception, misconception and views (KAP-MV) of family members of PLWHA. A cross-sectional retrospective study conducted in Anti-retroviral centre of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial—MGM hospital, Warangal, Telangana, South-India from July to September 2014. A quest...

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Autores principales: Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth, Bandari, Deepak Kumar, Elnour, Asim Ahmad, Ahmad, Akram, Khan, Muhammad Umair, Baraka, Mohamed, Hamad, Farah, Shehab, Abdulla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26688783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1541-2
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Sumario:We intended to assess knowledge, attitude, perception, misconception and views (KAP-MV) of family members of PLWHA. A cross-sectional retrospective study conducted in Anti-retroviral centre of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial—MGM hospital, Warangal, Telangana, South-India from July to September 2014. A questionnaire containing 41 items was distributed among adult family members accompanying patients living with HIV/AIDS-PLWHA. Level of KAP-MV was categorized into poor (0–28), average (29–55) and good (56–82). Analysis was performed by Pearson’s Chi square, analysis of variance and Spearman’s correlation test on 41 variables using SPSS version 21 and p Encourage role of family members. Deploy interventions. Minimize barriers. Change misconceptions.

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