Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze whether socioeconomic and clinical aspects and the aspects of healthy life habits are associated with the quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS. METHODS This is a cross-sectional exploratory quantitative research, with 227 persons living with HIV/AIDS, tre...
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| author | Rafaela Catherine da Silva Cunha de Medeiros Jason Azevedo de Medeiros Tatiane Andreza Lima da Silva Ricardo Dias de Andrade Danielle Coutinho de Medeiros Juliany de Souza Araújo Antônio Manuel Gouveia de Oliveira Marcos Aurélio de Albuquerque Costa Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinoco Cabral Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas |
| author_facet | Rafaela Catherine da Silva Cunha de Medeiros Jason Azevedo de Medeiros Tatiane Andreza Lima da Silva Ricardo Dias de Andrade Danielle Coutinho de Medeiros Juliany de Souza Araújo Antônio Manuel Gouveia de Oliveira Marcos Aurélio de Albuquerque Costa Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinoco Cabral Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas |
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| description | ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze whether socioeconomic and clinical aspects and the aspects of healthy life habits are associated with the quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS. METHODS This is a cross-sectional exploratory quantitative research, with 227 persons living with HIV/AIDS, treated at two hospitals of reference between April 2012 and June 2014. We used structured questionnaires to assess socioeconomic aspects (gender, age, education level, marital status, race, socioeconomic status, dependents on family income, employment relationship), clinical parameters (time of disease diagnosis, use and time of medication, CD4 T-cell count, and viral load), and practice of physical exercise. To assess quality of life, we used the Quality of Life questionnaire (HAT-QoL). For characterization of the socioeconomic and clinical data and domains of quality of life, we conducted a descriptive analysis (simple frequency, averages, and standard deviations). We applied linear regression, following a hierarchical model for each domain of quality of life. RESULTS The domains that presented lower averages for quality of life were financial concern, concern with confidentiality, general function, and satisfaction with life. We found associations with the variables of socioeconomic status and physical exercise, therapy, and physical exercise for the last two domains, consecutively. CONCLUSIONS The quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS shows losses, especially in the financial and confidentiality areas, followed by general function of the body and satisfaction with life, in which socioeconomic and clinical aspects and healthy living habits, such as the practice of physical exercise, are determining factors for this reality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8ee24beb7714c40914bad6682e801a62022-12-22T01:17:22ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista de Saúde Pública1518-878751010.1590/s1518-8787.2017051006266S0034-89102017000100258Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDSRafaela Catherine da Silva Cunha de MedeirosJason Azevedo de MedeirosTatiane Andreza Lima da SilvaRicardo Dias de AndradeDanielle Coutinho de MedeirosJuliany de Souza AraújoAntônio Manuel Gouveia de OliveiraMarcos Aurélio de Albuquerque CostaBreno Guilherme de Araújo Tinoco CabralPaulo Moreira Silva DantasABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze whether socioeconomic and clinical aspects and the aspects of healthy life habits are associated with the quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS. METHODS This is a cross-sectional exploratory quantitative research, with 227 persons living with HIV/AIDS, treated at two hospitals of reference between April 2012 and June 2014. We used structured questionnaires to assess socioeconomic aspects (gender, age, education level, marital status, race, socioeconomic status, dependents on family income, employment relationship), clinical parameters (time of disease diagnosis, use and time of medication, CD4 T-cell count, and viral load), and practice of physical exercise. To assess quality of life, we used the Quality of Life questionnaire (HAT-QoL). For characterization of the socioeconomic and clinical data and domains of quality of life, we conducted a descriptive analysis (simple frequency, averages, and standard deviations). We applied linear regression, following a hierarchical model for each domain of quality of life. RESULTS The domains that presented lower averages for quality of life were financial concern, concern with confidentiality, general function, and satisfaction with life. We found associations with the variables of socioeconomic status and physical exercise, therapy, and physical exercise for the last two domains, consecutively. CONCLUSIONS The quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS shows losses, especially in the financial and confidentiality areas, followed by general function of the body and satisfaction with life, in which socioeconomic and clinical aspects and healthy living habits, such as the practice of physical exercise, are determining factors for this reality.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102017000100258&lng=en&tlng=enHIV Long-Term SurvivorsSocioeconomic FactorsHealth BehaviorQuality of Life |
| spellingShingle | Rafaela Catherine da Silva Cunha de Medeiros Jason Azevedo de Medeiros Tatiane Andreza Lima da Silva Ricardo Dias de Andrade Danielle Coutinho de Medeiros Juliany de Souza Araújo Antônio Manuel Gouveia de Oliveira Marcos Aurélio de Albuquerque Costa Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinoco Cabral Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS Revista de Saúde Pública HIV Long-Term Survivors Socioeconomic Factors Health Behavior Quality of Life |
| title | Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS |
| title_full | Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS |
| title_fullStr | Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS |
| title_short | Quality of life, socioeconomic and clinical factors, and physical exercise in persons living with HIV/AIDS |
| title_sort | quality of life socioeconomic and clinical factors and physical exercise in persons living with hiv aids |
| topic | HIV Long-Term Survivors Socioeconomic Factors Health Behavior Quality of Life |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102017000100258&lng=en&tlng=en |
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