Patrício Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo, Silva Ingrid Bergmam do Nascimento, Ferreira Milenna Azevedo Minhaqui, Rodrigues Brenda Feitosa Lopes, Silva Rôseane Ferreira da, Nascimento João Agnaldo do, Silva Richardson Augusto Rosendo da
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Universidade Federal da Paraíba. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2019 Sep 16;72(5):1288-1294. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0730.
To analyze conditions of depression, self-concept, future expectations and hope in people with HIV/AIDS.
Cross-sectional survey of 108 individuals living with HIV/AIDS, carried out in a reference hospital for the treatment of infectious diseases in Northeast Brazil. The following instruments were employed: sociodemographic data, and questionnaires for ascertaining participants' emotions, including scales for self-concept, hope, depression (HAMD-D), and future expectations. Descriptive statistics using the following tests were performed: Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, chi-square, and t-test-considered significant when p ≤ 0.05.
31.5% presented mild depression and 21.3% presented moderate depression; 63% reported difficulty in obtaining decent employment; 52.8% considered life a failure; 52.8% felt worthless. Fear, guilt and loneliness influenced self-concept (p ≤ 0.05). Loneliness influenced hope (p ≤ 0.05).
It is necessary to raise the attention of nursing professionals and healthcare managers to the importance of providing health services that consider the mental health of people with HIV/AIDS, contributing to treatment adherence and well-being.
