Kipp Walter, Matukala Nkosi Thomas, Laing Lory, Jhangri Gian S
Department of Public Health Sciences, faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada.
AIDS Care. 2006 Oct;18(7):694-7. doi: 10.1080/13548500500294401.
We conducted a cross-sectional study on women who were caregivers of HIV/AIDS-affected spouses in Bumbu in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The sample consisted of 80 women randomly selected from a client visitation list of the home-based care program for AIDS patients. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied. A self-reported health status was calculated with five items from the questionnaire. The self-reported health status score of participants indicated poor health. The study highlights the great burden on caregivers in sub-Saharan Africa.
我们对刚果民主共和国金沙萨邦布地区那些照料感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病配偶的女性进行了一项横断面研究。样本由从艾滋病患者居家护理项目的客户探访名单中随机选取的80名女性组成。采用了一份半结构化问卷。根据问卷中的五个项目计算自我报告的健康状况。参与者的自我报告健康状况得分表明其健康状况不佳。该研究凸显了撒哈拉以南非洲地区照料者所承受的巨大负担。
