Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Veronica C Ezeaka

Publications

• Research Article
  The Influence of Clinical Staging and Use of Antiretroviral Therapy on Cognitive Functioning of School-Aged Nigerian Children with HIV Infection
  Author(s): Gbemisola O Boyede, Foluso E A Lesi, Veronica C Ezeaka and Charles S UmehGbemisola O Boyede, Foluso E A Lesi, Veronica C Ezeaka and Charles S Umeh
  
  Objective: To find out how the World Health Organization Clinical Stages of HIV infection and use of antiretroviral therapy influence cognitive functioning of school-aged HIV-infected Nigerian children. Method: Cognitive assessments of 69 HIV positive children aged 6–15 years were performed using Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices. Thirty children were on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy. The children were subdivided for the purpose of analysis into two cognitive developmental stages using Piaget’s developmental stage: the concrete operation stage (6–11 years) and the formal operation stage (12–15 years). Children on antiretroviral therapies were also compared with those not on therapies. HIV infection was staged using the revised World Health Organization Clinical Staging for Paediatric HIV/AIDS. Result: The overall mean cognitive .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000195

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