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A descriptive study to Assess the Behavioral problems of children with HIV infection in a selected care and support centre.

Juby Mol C. John, D’Souza Prema, Dsouza Verginia

Abstract


Pediatric HIV infection is a rapidly emerging problem among children in India. The purpose of this study was to assess the behavioral problems of children with HIV infection in a selected care and support centre at Mangalore. The study aimed to understand the behavioral problems of children with HIV infection and give better individualized care to these vulnerable groups. A descriptive survey design was used to for the study. The sample consisted of 60 children with HIV and chosen by purposive sampling technique. Data were collected by using the child behavioral checklist as reported by care giver. Result revealed that majority of the subjects (76.7%) had moderate, mild (1.7%) and sever (21.7%) behavioral problems. The result showed that more than half of the subjects (53.02%) were hyper active; less than half were exhibited the withdrawn behaviour (43.68%) and rest were aggressive (44.67%) in nature. Chi square test was used to find the association between the behavioral problems of children with HIV infection and selected variables. The finding of the study highlights the significant association between the behavioral problems of children with HIV infection and selected baseline variables such as age (  and religion (   the study concluded that assessing the behavioral problems of children with HIV infection helps to identify the problems of children. The study recommended that to conduct further longitudinal and comparative studies the studies to assess the behavioral problems of children with HIV and other chronic illness


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