Research Article
A Feasibility RCT Evaluating a Play-Informed, Caregiver-Implemented, Home-Based Intervention to Improve the Play of Children Who Are HIV Positive
Table 1
Demographic information for PICIHBI and comparison conventional groups.
| | PICIHBI group () | Comparison group |
| | Caregiver particulars | | | | Age of caregiver (years), mean | 39.7 | 33.3 | | Sex M/F | 0/12 | 0/12 | | Home language | | | | Xhosa | 66.7% | 83.3% | | Afrikaans | 17% | 0% | | Shona | 8% | 0% | | French | 8% | 0% | | English | 0% | 8% | | Zulu | 0% | 8% | | Primary caregiver | | | | Mother | 58.3% | 83.3% | | Grandparent | 25% | 8% | | Aunt | 17% | 0% | | Other | 0% | 8% | | Caregiver education level | | | | Grade 5 | 8.3% | 8.3% | | Grade 6 | 16.7% | 0% | | Grade 9 | 8.3% | 8.3% | | Grade 10 | 8.3% | 41.7% | | Grade 11 | 16.7% | 8.3% | | Year 12 (matriculation) | 25.0% | 33.3% | | 1 year post school | 8.3% | 0% | | 2 years post school | 8.3% | 0% | | Number of adults in household, mean (SD) | 2.83 (1.59) | 3.58 (1.75) | | Number of children in household, mean (SD) | 3.25 (1.71) | 2.17 (1.03) | | Unemployment (%) | 83.3% | 75% |
| | Child particulars | | | | Age, mean | 4.0 | 4.7 | | Sex M/F | 4/8 | 7/5 | | Gestation > 37 weeks (%) | 66.7% | 58.3% | | Birth weight in kg, mean (SD) | 1.83 (1.03) | 2.45 (1.04) | | Years on HAART, mean (SD) | 5.33 (2.39) | 4.50 (3.03) | | First line of treatment (%) | 100% | 100% | | Tuberculosis history (%) | 83.3% | 50% |
| | Additional diagnoses | | | | None | 37% | 50% | | Spastic diplegia | 9% | 0% | | Failure to thrive | 9% | 8% | | Developmental delay | 9% | 25% | | Other | 27% | 17% | | Missing data | 9% | — |
| | Caregiver perceptions of child’s learning development and play | | Developing far better than peers | 0% | 8% | | Developing slightly better than peers | 0% | 8% | | Development on par with their peers | 67% | 59% | | Developing slightly slower than peers | 25% | 17% | | Very concerned with child’s development | 8% | 8% |
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