Table 1 Sample characteristics of primary caregivers of perinatally HIV infected, perinatally HIV exposed but uninfected and HIV unexposed/uninfected adolescents (N = 485)
Sample characteristic | Caregivers of adolescents living with HIV (n = 195) | Caregivers of adolescents perinatally exposed to HIV but uninfected (n = 128) | Caregivers of HIV unexposed/ uninfected adolescents (n = 162) | Whole sample (n = 485) | Statistical difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) or Median (IQR) or n % | Mean (SD) or Median (IQR) or n % | Mean (SD) or Median (IQR) or n % | Mean (SD) or Median (IQR) or n (%) | ||
Sex of caregiver | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Female | 168 (86.2%) | 115 (89.8%) | 132 (81.5%) | 415 (85.6%) | 0.1 |
Caregivers mean age (years) [OM = 2] | 44.6 (12.1) | 44.8 (10.3) | 41.1 (10.1) | 43.5 (11.1) | 0.002 |
Caregiver's level of education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
None | 51 (26.2%) | 40 (31.3%) | 68 (42%) | 159 (32.8%) | Â |
Primary level | 101 (51.8%) | 78 (60.9%) | 82 (50.6%) | 261 (53.8%) |  < 0.001 |
Secondary level | 28 (14.4%) | 10 (7.8%) | 10 (6.2%) | 48 (9.9%) | Â |
Tertiary level | 15 (7.7%) | 00 (0%) | 2 (1.2%) | 17 (3.51%) | Â |
Caregiver's marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Never married | 17 (8.7%) | 4 (3.1%) | 1 (0.6%) | 22 (4.5%) | Â |
Married | 112 (57.4%) | 67 (52.3%) | 142 (87. %7) | 321 (66.2%) |  < 0.001 |
Widowed/divorced | 66 (33.9%) | 57 (44.5%) | 19 (11.7%) | 142 (29.3%) | Â |
Caregiver's occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Farmer | 66 (33.9%) | 45 (35.2%) | 82 (50.6%) | 193 (39.8%) | Â |
Small scale trader | 86 (44.1%) | 62 (48.4%) | 63 (38.9%) | 211 (43.5%) | Â |
Casual labourer | 29 (14.9%) | 21 (16.4%) | 13 (8%) | 63 (13%) |  < 0.001 |
Professional | 14 (7.2%) | 0 (00%) | 4 (2.5%) | 18 (3.7%) | Â |
Caregiver's religion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Christianity | 155 (79.5%) | 97 (75.8%) | 112 (69.1%) | 364 (75.1%) | Â |
Islam | 25 (12.8%) | 21 (16.4%) | 18 (11.1%) | 64 (13.2%) | 0.01 |
Traditional | 15 (7.7%) | 10 (7.8%) | 32 (19.8%) | 57 (11.7%) | Â |
Caregiver's HIV status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Seronegative | 67 (34.4%) | 30 (23.4%) | 160 (98.8%) | 257 (53.0%) |  < 0.001 |
Seropositive | 128 (65.6%) | 98 (76.6%) | 02 (1.2%) | 228 (47.0%) | Â |
Caregiver’s mean body mass index (BMI) | 24.2 (6.3) | 21.9 (4.7) | 22.9 (4.0) | 23.2 (5.3) |  < 0.001 |
Caregiver’s mean socioeconomic status score | 2.0 (1.8) | 1.5 (1.3) | 1.5 (1.3) | 1.7 (1.6) | 0.08 |
Caregiver’s median depressive symptoms | 7.0 (4.0–9.0) | 6.0 (3.5–9.0) | 5.0 (3.0–8.0) | 6.0 (3.0–8.0) | 0.07 |
Caregiver’s median parenting stress score | 64.0 (57.0–71.0) | 60.0 (55.0–68.0) | 65.0 (59.0–71.0) | 64.0 (56.0–70.0) | 0.03 |