Fatores sociodemográficos, clínicos e qualidade de vida de pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS

• Autor(a) principal: Pimentel, Priscila Cristina Oliveira Zignani
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/613
• topic: HIV/AIDS; Fatores sociodemográficos e clínicos; Qualidade de vida; Promoção de saúde; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::SAUDE COLETIVA::SAUDE PUBLICA

In order to be a chronic disease of great magnitude and extension, the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) stands out as a major public health problems in Brazil and worldwide. Caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), it progressively destroys the immune system, directly affecting the quality of life of the people living with this situation. Thus, the current study, descriptive, with a qualitative approach, aimed to assess the sociodemographic, clinical factors and the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS registered in the SAI (Serviço de Atenção à Infectologia - Infectious Diseases Attention Service), of the public health from a city in the State of São Paulo. Data from eight participants who met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate in the study were collected through a questionnaire for sociodemographic and clinical characterization and HAT-QoL scale, an instrument specifically developed to assess the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS. Analysing the results related to sociodemographic characteristics, the age of the participants ranged from 24 to 52 years old, being four females and four males, four singles, five casuals and three who received up to one minimum wage. The educational level was higher among men, demonstrated by the number of participants with graduated degrees. According to the clinical characteristics, the diagnosis time ranged from one to 11 years, being seven asymptomatic and one symptomatic. The main exposure form to the virus was sexual, reported by six participants. Seven of them make use of antirretrovirals from one to eight years, two reported irregular use and one reported not using medicine. According to the change of life after HIV diagnosis, two participants reported that their lives have changed for a worse condition, and this perception was confirmed by the HAT-QoL scale. The scale domains with a lower scores found among the participants were "Financial Concerns" and "Secrecy Concern". It is believed that the health promotion strategy is a promising tool for improvements in living conditions of people with HIV/AIDS.