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Introduction - Nigeria is st il l bat tl ing with the psychosocial impact of HIV/AIDS. Self-esteem is essentially an internal monitor of the degree to which one is valued or devalued. This research aims to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of low self-esteem.
among people attending an HIV/AIDS clinic at Ladoke Aki nt ol a University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.
Methods: Five hundred clients were recruited among patients attending the HIV/AIDS clinic in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo between September and December 2018. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of five hundred participants who were recruited among patients attending the HIV/AIDS clinic in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo between September and December 2018. Questionnaires containing the sociodemographic variable and the clinical variable were used in the study. Besides, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale was used to measure the perceived self-esteem by the respondents. Data were analyzed using percentages, chi square and regression analysis with SPSS version 20.
Results: Fifty-two percent of the respondents were above 40 years. Females, Christians, traders, and those that had tertiary education were 83.6%, 65.2%, 45.8%, and 70.8% of the respondents respectively. Two hundred and sixty (52%) had available social support, 64.0% of the respondents were bordered sometimes with the viral load while 79.6% earn less than #18,000 as average monthly income. Three hundred and twenty-two (64.4 %) of the respondents had low self-esteem while one hundred and seventy-eight (35.6%) had high self-esteem. The predictors of low self-esteem were respondents who were 40 years and below (B= 1.541, P<0.001), females (B=1,246, P = 0.005), traders, (B=1.094, P<0.001)
respondents that didn’t perceive social support
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