Mensuração de constructos psicoemocionais e de autogestão em saúde em pacientes com hiv/aids

Abstract

Introduction: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which in turn is a chronic disease of slow evolution and has been shown to be a global epidemic, differing from social groups according to each region culture. In addition to problems related to immunity, this pathology has a direct impact on the social, physical and psychoemotional conditions of the affected individuals. Objectives: To measure self-esteem, health status, anxiety / depression and activation scores in patients diagnosed with HIV / AIDS, correlate them with known groups, such as age, schooling, diagnosis time, income and number of comorbidities and verify if they influence health selfmanagement. Method: This is a cross-sectional, analytical and descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, performed at the Central Ambulatory of the Hospital de Clínicas of the Federal University of Uberlândia, in the city of Uberlândia, MG. Results: The sample had a mean age of 42.04 years, mean educational attainment of 7.64 years, 70% reported not being married or maintaining consensual union, noting that 44% of the individuals in the sample are female. The results point to a group with satisfactory self-esteem (34.4), presenting low levels of depression (4.86) and anxiety (5.24), which may justify the high mean (77.86) of self-consideration given by your health. In addition, there was a "not perfect" correlation between age and self-esteem and an inversely proportional correlation between income and depression. Conclusion: Research participants presented high scores for self-esteem, high self-consideration, low anxiety and depression scores, and a high level of activation, leading authors to infer that non-depressive individuals may be better able to maintain healthy habits in favor of their state of health, which can be influenced by the responsibility in the self-care of those who already have HIV / AIDS.