title: Care burden and self-reported health status of informal women caregivers of HIV/AIDS patients in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada. walter.kipp@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kipp
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matukala Nkosi
authors.forename: Lory
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laing
authors.forename: Gian S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Jhangri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D006304:Health Status; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D018454:Spouses; D013315:Stress, Psychological