The manual, which is the results of a four country collaborative study, is titled ‘Symptom management strategies, a manual for people living with HIV/AIDS’.
It documents inter alia; the frequencies of self reported physical and psychological symptoms ranging from fear, anxiety, depression, diarrhoea and pain as well as how to deal with them.
It further provides self and family care strategies for the 20 most commonly occurring HIV/Aids related signs and symptoms.
Researchers involved included Dr Naomi Seboni of the University of Botswana, Dr Sarie Human of the University of South Africa, Dr Lucy Makoae of the National University of Lesotho and Dr Nonhlahla Sukati of the University of Swaziland.
“It is important that people know how to deal with symptoms as they impact on the quality of life for people living with HIV/Aids,” said Nelouise Geyer, Denosa ’s deputy director of professional matters.
“The burden people families experience in their struggle to manage HIV symptoms could be reduced if health care workers and society in general have symptom management strategies to control physical and psychological harm,” she added.
The four countries involved in the research were South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana and Lesotho and were funded by Bristol- Meyers Squibb Foundation.
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