Across sectional study: the knowledge, attitude, perception, misconception and views (KAPMV) of adult family members of people living with human immune virus-HIV acquired immune deficiency syndrome-AIDS (PLWHA)

Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula; Deepak Kumar Bandari; Asim Ahmad Elnour; Akram Ahmad; Muhammad Umair Khan; Mohamed Baraka; Farah Hamad; Abdulla Shehab

doi:10.1186/s40064-015-1541-2

Across sectional study: the knowledge, attitude, perception, misconception and views (KAPMV) of adult family members of people living with human immune virus-HIV acquired immune deficiency syndrome-AIDS (PLWHA)

Springerplus. 2015 Dec 12:4:769. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1541-2. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula¹, Deepak Kumar Bandari², Asim Ahmad Elnour³, Akram Ahmad⁴, Muhammad Umair Khan⁴, Mohamed Baraka⁵, Farah Hamad⁶, Abdulla Shehab⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gondar, Ethiopia.
² Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Vagdevi College of Pharmacy, Warangal, Telangana India.
³ Pharmacology Department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Dubai, UAE.
⁴ Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSI University, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁵ Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Dammam Eastern Province, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Ajman University of Sciences and Technology, Ajman, UAE.
⁷ Internal Medicine Department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), UAE University, Al Ain, UAE.

Abstract

We intended to assess knowledge, attitude, perception, misconception and views (KAP-MV) of family members of PLWHA. A cross-sectional retrospective study conducted in Anti-retroviral centre of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial-MGM hospital, Warangal, Telangana, South-India from July to September 2014. A questionnaire containing 41 items was distributed among adult family members accompanying patients living with HIV/AIDS-PLWHA. Level of KAP-MV was categorized into poor (0-28), average (29-55) and good (56-82). Analysis was performed by Pearson's Chi square, analysis of variance and Spearman's correlation test on 41 variables using SPSS version 21 and p < 0.01. 538 questionnaires were distributed, response rate was (96 %). On knowledge scale, respondents had a mean score of 8.0 ± 1.7, attitude 5.8 ± 3.4, perception 23.4 ± 4.1, misconceptions 8.0 ± 2.1 and views 8.0 ± 3.9. The respondents mean score was 53.2 ± 9.1 (64.9 %). Overall, level of education, marital status, religious beliefs, and employment status has significant (p < 0.001) associations with KAP-MV. Knowledge was significantly correlated with respondents' attitude (r = -0.15, p < 0.001), perception (0.39; p < 0.001), and views (0.381; p < 0.001). Family members of PLWHA with less knowledge score had more negative attitude, perception and views. Level of education, marital status, religious beliefs and employment status were identified as key barriers. Interventions targeting family members of PLWHA are warranted. Practice implications are as follows: Encourage role of family members.Deploy interventions.Minimize barriers.Change misconceptions.

Keywords: AIDS; HIV; Knowledge attitude perception misconception views (KAP-MV); PLWHA adult family member; People living with human immune virus (HIV) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)—PLWHA.