Care Burden and Coping Strategies among Caregivers of Paediatric HIV/AIDS in Northern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Mixed-Method Study

Table 3

Care burden scores and sociodemographic characteristics of caregivers of HIV-infected children in northern Uganda.

Variables	n	Mean ± SD	Statistics	value
Caregivers characteristics
Gender
Male	28	34.54 ± 8.51	1.51^a	0.135
Female	85	37.71 ± 10.00
Age (years)
18–29	21	31.76 ± 8.73	4.26^b	0.017
30–39	42	39.07 ± 10.70
≥40	50	37.28 ± 8.56
Relation to child
Mother	58	37.76 ± 10.14	0.62^b	0.541
Father	20	35.00 ± 9.29
Others	35	36.63 ± 9.31
Highest level of education
Primary	65	37.45 ± 9.48	1.23^b	0.304
Secondary	26	37.35 ± 9.04
Tertiary	11	31.64 ± 12.81
No formal education	11	38.09 ± 8.89
Occupation
Formal employment	12	38.83 ± 13.81	0.46^b	0.710
Self-employed	44	37.73 ± 10.72
Peasant farmer	38	35.92 ± 7.55
Unemployed	19	35.84 ± 8.44
Marital status
Single	54	34.48 ± 8.32	3.53^b	0.017
Married	30	38.87 ± 8.62
Divorced	10	44.00 ± 14.46
Widowed	19	37.05 ± 10.34
Children living with HIV/AIDS in HH
1 child	94	36.23 ± 9.90	−1.68^a	0.095
2 or more	19	40.32 ± 8.13
Average monthly household income
˂250, 000	46	39.24 ± 10.14	2.14^a	0.035
≥250, 000	67	35.33 ± 9.15
Child characterises
Age (years)
5 and below	17	35.88 ± 10.00	−0.48^a	0.635
Above 5	96	37.10 ± 9.70
School attendance
Yes	102	36.30 ± 9.30	−2.09^a	0.039
No	11	42.64 ± 11.99
Duration in HIV care
<10 years	96	37.03 ± 9.96	0.29^a	0.774
≥10 years	17	36.29 ± 8.40
Health condition since ART
Healthy	89	36.13 ± 9.74	−1.67^a	0.098
Sickly	24	39.83 ± 9.22

^aIndependent t-test (df = 1); ^bANOVA (F); value is significant; HH = household.