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Sankofa Pediatric HIV Disclosure Intervention Did Not Worsen Depression Scores in Children Living with HIV and their Caregivers in Ghana

Article scientifique 2020 Anglais

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Abstract Background: The ‘Sankofa’ pediatric HIV disclosure study (2013-2017) was an intervention that aimed to address the low prevalence of disclosure of HIV status in Ghana. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study at the intervention site in Kumasi, Ghana, in 2019, (2 years after study closure) and administered the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the 10-item Child Depression Inventory (CDI) to caregiver-child dyads who received the intervention. Results: We enrolled 65% (N=157) of the original dyads in the present study. Between Sankofa enrollment baseline and the present study, both children and caregivers had significant (p <0.0001) mean reductions in CDI scores and BDI scores, respectively. CDI scores of the children were significantly correlated with BDI scores of the caregivers (r = 0.019, p = 0.019). No statistically significant associations between disclosure status and either CDI score or BDI score were found. Conclusions: Our findings did not support caregivers’ fears that disclosure leads to depression. Trial Registration: NCT01701635 (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier)

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Radcliffe, C., Sam, A., Matos, Q., Antwi, S., Amissah, K., Alhassan, A., Ofori, I., Xu, Y., Deng, Y., Reynolds, N., Paintsil, E. (2020). Sankofa Pediatric HIV Disclosure Intervention Did Not Worsen Depression Scores in Children Living with HIV and their Caregivers in Ghana. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-39210/v2

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Christopher Radcliffe Aba Sam Quinn Matos Sampson Antwi Kofi Amissah Amina Alhassan Irene Pokuaa Ofori Yunshan Xu Yanhong Deng Nancy R. Reynolds Elijah Paintsil

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