The Psychosocial Challenges of People Living With Hiv/Aids: A Case of Awassa and Dilla Towns

dc.contributor.advisorTadesse, Sintayehu (PhD)
dc.contributor.authorHailemariam, Getahun
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T06:12:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-10T14:44:26Z
dc.date.available2019-01-31T06:12:16Z
dc.date.available2023-11-10T14:44:26Z
dc.date.issued2007-04
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the psychosocial challenges particularly that of depression, anxiety, stress, fear, stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS, N=200 (lOOmale, 100female), and the coping strategies they employed. Data were collected by means of structured interview schedule. Case study and focus group discussion were used to gather in·depth individual data. Depression, anxiety and stress were assessed by using Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES'D), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS- 10) respectively and others by a set of items developed by the researcher. Results revealed that 56 % of the participants experienced clinically significant symptoms of depression with mean score of 2.60 and 40 % of the respondents showed clinically significant anxiety symptoms with mean score of 32.31.The mean score of perceived stress was 24.52 (S.D=5.64) where 50.50 % of the respondents scored above the mean. The mean score of stigma and discrimination using Likert type scale was 32.94 (S.D=11.34) where 58.4 % of the respondents scored above the mean. The participants of the case study also showed episodes of depression, anxiety, stress, fear, stigma and discrimination. Statistically s ig nificant differences were found between males' and females ' scores of depression and stigma and discrimination at 0.05 level with 95% confidence interval and 191 and 194 degrees of freedom respective ly. Females participants were found to experience more depression and stigma and discrimination than male participan·t s . No statistically significant differences were found between males' and females' scores of anxiety and stress. The most often utilized coping strategies identified by the participants were: listening to music, Praying to God, try on their own to deal with the problem, day dreaming and talk to a friend. The participants also reported low utilization of certain maladaptive coping strategies such as alcohol and chewing 'chat'.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/16132
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAddis Ababa Universityen_US
dc.subjectPsychosocial Challenges ofen_US
dc.subjectPeople Living With Hiv/Aidsen_US
dc.titleThe Psychosocial Challenges of People Living With Hiv/Aids: A Case of Awassa and Dilla Townsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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