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- Title
HOPE FOR LIFE AND DEPRESSION: PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS.
- Authors
do Nascimento Silva, Ingrid Bergman; de Araújo Patrício, Anna Cláudia Freire; Pereira Leite, Maria Amanda; Dias dos Santos, Thayná; Minhaqui Ferreira, Milenna Azevedo; Rosendo da Silva, Richardson Augusto
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze life expectancy and depression in people living with HIV/AIDS. Method: this is a descriptive, quantitative study of 17 people with HIV/AIDS who receive care at a Reference Hospital for Infectious Diseases in the city of João Pessoa/PB, Brazil. A Life Expectancy Scale and the HAM-D Depression Scale were used for data collection. Results: regarding the type of exposure that led to the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, 88.2% (15) revealed unprotected sex, the single most prevalent civil status was the unmarried 58.8% (10). Life expectancy data presented a mean score of 38.47 ± 7.45, median 39, maximum 48 and minimum 27. Conclusion: faith and hope have important values, contributing to the capacity to deal with difficult situations and to maintain the quality of life, facilitating the psychosocial consequences of this condition.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons; HOPE; HOSPITALS; LIFE expectancy; RESEARCH methodology; QUALITY of life; PSYCHOLOGY of the sick; SPIRITUAL healing; QUALITATIVE research; UNSAFE sex; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 1, p124
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v12.7103