Qualidade de vida em idosos com HIV/AIDS utilizando HAT-QoL

Abstract

This study aimed at the quality of life (QoL) of elderly people with HIV/Aids, using antiretroviral therapy and correlating it with sociodemographic, economic and clinical variables. It is a quantitative, cross-sectional study. Data were collected through a questionnaire for sociodemographic variables and the questionnaire HIV/Aids - Quality of Life (HAT-QoL), composed of 34 questions, distributed in nine domains: general function, satisfaction with life, concerns about health, financial concerns, medication concerns, HIV acceptance, concerns about confidentiality, unprofessional trust, and sexual function. An analysis of the data was performed as an aid to the SPSS program version 18.0. Fifty elderly people with HIV/Aids participated in the study, predominantly male 62%, in which 72% of condom use. Regarding the nine HAT-QoL domains, five had QOL impairment: general function (70,2%), financial concerns (50,7%), HIV acceptance (50,7%), concerns about confidentiality (46,4%) and sexual function (70,7%). It was concluded that the best perception of QoL occurred in the domains: concerns about medication, confidence in the professional, satisfaction with a life and concerns about health. The evaluation of QoL in elderly people with HIV/Aids is necessary for the accomplishment of a chronic disease that brings countless consequences that affect the satisfaction with a life, as well as subsidize care practices based on a broad perspective of the health-disease process.