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Mental Health-Related Experiences And Challenges Of Informal HIV/AIDS Caregivers: A Brief Review And Analysis
Journal Title ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
Journal Abbreviation aseanjournalofpsychiatry
Publisher Group ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry and Mental Health (AFPMH)
Website http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org
   
Title Mental Health-Related Experiences And Challenges Of Informal HIV/AIDS Caregivers: A Brief Review And Analysis
Authors Pei Lin Lua; Norhayati Mustapha
Abstract Objectives: This paper mainly intended to review the experiences and challenges encountered particularly in mental health issues and to additionally analyze the methodologies used in studies involving HIV/AIDS informal caregivers. Methods: Four electronic databases; Science Direct, EBSCOhost, Ovid and Springer Link were searched for articles published in the past 10 years (2002 – 2012). Only full-text English articles related to research on care giving of HIV-infected adult patients were selected. Results: Twenty two out of 293 articles (7.5%) were reviewed, involving 2,765 caregivers in the USA (n=1,610), Africa (n=253), Asia (n=838) and Oceania (n=64) regions. A variety of age categories was involved in care giving with the youngest carer being 12 years old and the oldest, 60 years on average. Females and whites appeared to be dominant and 603 caregivers themselves were HIV-positive. The main outcomes measured were care giving burden, challenges and coping. Stress and depression, stigma and discrimination, insufficient support, role overload and extreme poverty were the main challenges experienced in care giving. Both qualitative (n=11) and quantitative (n=9) were the equally preferred types of study. Purposive sampling emerged as the most preferred sampling technique. Various instruments were utilized, but the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was the most popular particularly in quantitative studies. Conclusion: A variety of life aspects were negatively affected in the process of care giving for HIV/AIDS patients and studies of such nature commonly focused on caregivers’ psychosocial burden. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 13 (2): July – December 2012: XX XX.
Publisher ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry and Mental Health (AFPMH)
Date 2012-05-04
Source ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry Vol 13, No 2 (2012): ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry

 

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