title: Hemophilia Growth and Development Study: caregiver report of youth and family adjustment to HIV disease and immunologic compromise.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess differences in caregiver report of youth and family psychosocial adjustment associated with HIV infection and greater immune compromise in youths with hemophilia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Caregivers of 162 boys with hemophilia 8 to 20 years old completed three youth and family questionnaires (Personality Inventory for Children, Revised [PIC-R]; Questionnaire on Resources and Stress [QRS]; Family Environment Scale).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Caregivers of HIV positive (HIV+) youths reported greater health concerns, social withdrawal (PIC-R), physical and adaptive limitations associated with illness (QRS) in their sons, and more pessimism about their sons' future and negative attitudes about parenting (QRS). Caregivers of HIV+ youths with greater immune compromise reported greater concerns about their sons' health and greater pessimism about their futures, as well as lower levels of family integration and more limited family opportunities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest caregivers perceive psychosocial problems in HIV+ youths with hemophilia and their families; some problems are specifically associated with greater immune compromise.
authors.affiliation: George R. Brown School of Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA. jbordeau@rice.edu
authors.forename: Janice D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bordeaux
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Loveland
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lachar
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stehbens
authors.forename: Terece S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amodei
authors.forename: Kristin Brelsford
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Adkins
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000276:immunology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000276:immunology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires