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标题：Assessing Women Caregiving Role to People Living With HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, West Africa
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作者：Ekaete Francis Asuquo ; Josephine B. Etowa ; Margaret I. Akpan 等
期刊名称：SAGE Open
印刷版ISSN：2158-2440
电子版ISSN：2158-2440
出版年度：2017
卷号：7
期号：1
DOI：10.1177/2158244017692013
语种：English
出版社：SAGE Publications
摘要：HIV/AIDS scourge remains high in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa such as Nigeria, which is home to about 3.3 million HIV positive individuals and represents the second largest burden of HIV/AIDS care, treatment and demand worldwide after South Africa. Anti-retroviral treatment options though a welcome development, has increased the number of people living with this chronic illness, and most of them depend on family members for physical and emotional support. Traditional gender norms in Nigeria ensure that legitimately, women and girls are the first options for caregiving roles. This mandatory role has in turn imposed psychosocial disruption in the lives of female family members in Calabar, Nigeria. This descriptive study utilized convenient sampling technique, Zarit Burden Interview scale and semistructured questionnaires for data collection (260 respondents), and data analyses were achieved using SPSS16.0. The study showed that a significant (p
关键词：female caregivers; PLWHA; burden of caregiving; Nigeria