Correlates of health-related quality of life in primary caregivers of perinatally HIV infected and HIV exposed uninfected adolescents at the Kenyan Coast.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mothers and other primary caregivers play a crucial role in looking after perinatally HIV infected, and HIV exposed uninfected adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Day- to-day caregiving in the context of limited instrumental support and added biomedical risk (HIV seropositivity) may expose these caregivers to adverse states of health. Unfortunately, very few studies have examined their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Our study documents the HRQoL profile, and associated factors in primary caregivers of perinatally HIV infected, perinatally HIV exposed but uninfected and HIV unexposed/uninfected adolescents aged 12-17 years at the Kenyan Coast.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional analysis of 485 primary caregivers: 195 of perinatally HIV infected adolescents,

SUBMITTER: Mwangala PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8780308 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature