TABOSA, J. C. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8961980267344933; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7527355029380239; TABOSA, Jean Carlos Farias.; ATAIDES, Jully Ane Bonfim.
Abstract:
Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), caused when
infection of the Human Immudeficiency Virus (HIV) reaches a compromising stage
for the host immune system, is now a pandemic that has already hit 74.9 million and
wiped out 32 millions of people since its discovery, causing great socioeconomic,
cultural and demographic impact. Brazil has been facing a transition in the HIV
profile, moving towards feminization, pauperization, internalization, heterosexuality
and juvenility - phenomena which were identified in a recent article in samples of
populations living with HIV / AIDS in the capital from Paraíba state. The identification
of the sociodemographic profile, as well as risk factors for the disease of key
populations in different locations, is very important, since the profile of people living
with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is very variable depending on the locality and where they
reside and its respective laws, public policies, socioeconomic conditions and various
other factors. However, there are no recent scientific contributions on the subject
about the population of the city of Campina Grande. Therefore, the aim of this study
was to describe the sociodemographic profile of patients with HIV/AIDS admitted to
the Infectious Disease Service of the Alcides Carneiro University Hospital (HUAC)
for the treatment of opportunistic infections. This is an observational cross-sectional
survey to identify the main social and demographic characteristics, as well as
possible risk factors, which counted with questionnaires applied to users admitted
to the E ward in the same service as a data collection instrument, between August
2017 and July 2018. The predominant profile was of heterosexual men aged 50 to
54 years old, brown, illiterate, unemployed, or with a minimum wage income, non-
drug users, with probable mode of viral transmission by sexual means, with urban
residence, single marital status with an average of 3 children, catholics, of whom
50% claimed to use condoms. Comparatively, the sociodemographic profile
presented most of the variables similar to that shown by other researchers.
However, regarding vulnerability and main risk factors associated with illness in the
study sample, it was identified that there is a lower percentage of drug users,
alcoholics and smokers when compared to the city of João Pessoa in the same
state. The results brought new data, unpublished in the literature on the follow-up of
inpatients with opportunistic infection affected by HIV/AIDS. It is concluded that the
sociodemographic profile of the population group studied follows the national
standard except for the age group, which was predominantly over 50 years in the
individuals studied in the current research.
