Playfulness and environmental positiveness in HIV infected children aged 4-5 years in two settings
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2018-09-10
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Njitimana, Shailendra
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Abstract
Playfulness and environmental support improve children’s participation in play; their major
occupation. Play has been found to be limited in children with HIV.
This quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study measured playfulness and
environmental support in HIV infected children staying with their families and those
staying in orphanages in Marondera.
A total of 30 children aged 4-5 years participated in the study. The Test of Playfulness
and Test of Environmental Supportiveness were used to measure playfulness and
environmental support respectively.
Results indicated that the children from the orphanages group were significantly more
playful (p=0.03) than the children staying with their families. It was further found that the
orphanages were more supportive of play than the families. It was recommended that this
finding be further investigated and that occupational therapists in Marondera begin
intervention to improve playfulness and environmental support of children with HIV living
with their families.
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, September 2018