ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze factors related to the quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with people aged 50 years or more in a specialized outpatient clinic. The data collection was by means of an interview. For the analysis of data and characterization of the sample, descriptive statistics and comparison tests were used. The project met the ...
ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the rate and predictive factors of the hospitalization of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), aged 50 years or older. Method: A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted at two inpatient units specialized in infectious diseases in a teaching hospital. Data were gathered through individual interviews between August 2011 and February 2015. All ethical precepts were followed. R...
Abstract Objective Analyze nasal colonization by oxacillin-sensitive and oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in people with HIV/AIDS (PWHA) at days 1 and7 of hospitalization. METHOD A prospective observational study conducted in a hospital in the countryside of the state of São Paulo. Nasal swab samples were collected and analyzed through microbiological identification, at days 1 and 7 of hospitalization ...
Resumo Objetivo: Identificar a prevalência de bactérias gram-negativas em portadores de HIV internados em serviço especializado. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo de corte transversal, foram abordados 365 indivíduos internados em duas unidades especializadas, de um hospital escola do interior paulista, sendo a população composta por 220 sujeitos. Os dados sociodemográficos e clínicos e foram obtidos por meio de en...
Objetivo Analisar a qualidade de vida de mulheres portadoras do HIV. Métodos Estudo transversal que incluiu 40 mulheres selecionadas por amostra não-probabilística. O instrumento de pesquisa foi o questionário WHOQOL-HIV bref, considerando-se os seis domínios do instrumento e os aspectos sociodemográficos e clínicos. Para análise dos dados foi realizado o teste de Kolmogorov-Smirnov para a normalidade das distr...