Table 2.
Caregiver Reports of Stigma, Depression Symptoms, and Adherence Issues Among Children
| Variable | Child's Disclosure Status |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed | Not Disclosed | ||
| Teased by other children | N = 28 | N = 237a | 1.000 |
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.4%) | |
| Been rejected by friends or family | N = 28 | N = 237b | 1.000 |
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.4%) | |
| Other children avoid | N = 28 | N = 237c | 1.000 |
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 3 (1.3%) | |
| Has little interest or pleasure in activities | N = 28 | N = 238 | .490 |
| Yes | 1 (3.6%) | 5 (2.1%) | |
| Feeling down or depressed | N = 28 | N = 238b | .638 |
| Yes | 1 (3.6%) | 6 (2.5%) | |
| Asks questions about why taking meds | N = 28 | N = 236b | .743 |
| Yes | 8 (28.6%) | 80 (33.9%) | |
| Child refuses medicine | N = 28 | N = 238c | 1.000 |
| Yes | 1 (3.6%) | 13 (5.5%) | |
| Problems giving child meds since doesn't know status | N = 27 | N = 238 | .618 |
| Yes | 0 (0%) | 12 (5.0%) | |
| Problems taking medicines on time | N = 28 | N = 237 | 1.000 |
| Yes | 1 (3.6%) | 6 (6.8%) | |
| Explanation on coming to clinic for nondisclosed to children | N = 0 | N = 217 | |
| Has another illness | 127 (58.5%) | ||
| We do not talk about it | 58 (26.7%) | ||
| The clinic/meds are to keep them healthy | 32 (14.7%) | ||
The remainder of the responses were “No” with the following number of subjects answering “Don't Know” for marked questions: (a) 4 subjects, (b) 2 subjects, and (c) 1 subject.