Kalomo Eveline Ndinelao, Liao Minli
a School of Social Work , Wichita State University , Wichita , Kansas , USA.
b School of Social Work , Morgan State University , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
Soc Work Public Health. 2018;33(1):70-84. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2017.1415180.
This study examined the correlates of burden of caregivers providing care to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural northern Namibia and the consequences of caregivers' burden on their physical health and mental health. A purposive sampling method was used to recruit a total of 97 primary caregivers (N = 97) in rural Namibia. We found that hunger and HIV stigma were both positively associated with caregiver burden. Caregiver burden was positively related to depression and negatively related to quality of life. The findings underscore the complex relationships between food insecurity and HIV stigma on caregiver burden and the outcomes of burden on quality of life and depressive symptoms. Policy and practice implications are also discussed.
本研究调查了纳米比亚北部农村地区为感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病者提供护理的照料者负担的相关因素，以及照料者负担对其身心健康的影响。采用目的抽样法在纳米比亚农村地区共招募了97名主要照料者（N = 97）。我们发现，饥饿和艾滋病毒污名化均与照料者负担呈正相关。照料者负担与抑郁呈正相关，与生活质量呈负相关。研究结果强调了粮食不安全和艾滋病毒污名化与照料者负担之间的复杂关系，以及负担对生活质量和抑郁症状的影响。此外还讨论了政策和实践方面的意义。
