The objective of this study was to analyze the spatial distribution of cases of drug-resistant Tuberculosis / HIV co-infection in adults in the State of Ceará and its correlation with social, economic and health indicators. An ecological study was carried out that had as unit of study the municipalities of the state of Ceará and the neighborhoods of the capital, Fortaleza. We analyzed 49 cases of drug-resistant...
Objective: To analyze the social support of people with HIV/AIDS from the perspective of the Social Determinants of Health Model. Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2015 in an infectious disease outpatient clinic. The sample was made up of 116 people with HIV/AIDS. The data was collected through interviews, using a sociodemographic form and a social support scale. The data was analyzed using ...
The aim of this study was to analyze the scientific production on the effects of alcohol use on people with HIV/Aids. This is an integrative review carried out in October 2017 using the following databases: LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, Cochrane and Web of Science. The descriptors "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome", "HIV" and "Alcohol" were used in Portuguese, English and Spanish, with the Boolean ...
Objective: To evaluate the influence of alcohol on adherence to antiretroviral therapy, and quality of life, of HIV-infected individuals. Methods: A cross-sectional study investigated 114 people with HIV using the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), a Questionnaire to Assess the Compliance to Antiretroviral Treatment (CEAT-VIH), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument - HIV Br...
The purpose of the study was to analyze the influence of alcohol on adherence to antiretroviral therapy and quality of life of people living with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA). It is a cross-sectional study, developed in the clinic of infectious diseases at the University Hospital Walter Cantídio (HUWC) of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). The sample consisted of 114 PLWHA, of both sexes, aged ≥ 18 years in use of an...
Objective: To analyze the search for the elderly to perform a quick testing. Method: A descriptive, quantitative, documentary study conducted with seniors who entered the Center for Quick Testing and Counseling, from June to August 2014, and analyzed in the form of percentages. Results: The demand for quick testing by the elderly is still incipient, since that, from the 1.314 members attending the service in th...
ABSTRACT: The aim was to identify strategies used by mothers whose children have HIV, so as to co-exist with the disease. It is a qualitative study undertaken between February and March 2011 in a public hospital which is a center of excellence in care for individuals with HIV and AIDS, in Fortaleza-Ceará. Ten HIV-positive mothers with at least one child with HIV-positive serology, participated in an interview w...