Abstract
The objective of the study were to develop the guidelines for caretakers of HIV/AIDS patients on prevention and home care management of opportunistic infections; evaluate the effectiveness of guidelines on prevention and home care management of opportunistic infections for caretakers of HIV/AIDS patients before and after administration of guidelines in terms of knowledge of caretakers; seek the association of post test knowledge scores of caretakers on prevention and home care management of opportunistic infections with selected demographic factors; determine the acceptability and utility of guidelines on prevention and home care management of OIs by the care-takers of HIV/AIDS patients. An evaluative research approach with one group pre-test post-test design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi. The sample consisted of 60 caretakers of HIV/AIDS patients selected by purposive sampling. The tools used were structured interview scheduled and a structured opinionnaire. Guidelines were developed for enhancing the knowledge of caretakers regarding prevention and home care management of opportunistic infections among HIV/AIDS patients The data obtained were analyzed using both inferential and descriptive statistics. The major findings of the study were that the mean post-test knowledge scores were higher than mean pre-test knowledge scores of caretakers indicating that the guidelines were effective in increasing the knowledge of caretakers regarding prevention and home care management of opportunistic infections among HIV/AIDS patients. There was significant association of post-test knowledge scores of caretakers regarding prevention and home care management of OIs with selected factors - age, sex, educational qualification, marital status, occupation, family Income. The structured opinionnaire revealed that the guidelines on prevention and home care management of OIs were acceptable and useful for the caretakers.
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