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Enfermería Global
On-line version ISSN 1695-6141
Abstract
ALEXANDRE, Herta de Oliveira; GALVAO, Marli Teresinha Gimeniz and CUNHA, Gilmara Holanda da. Quality of life and nursing diagnoses of women with AIDS. Enferm. glob. [online]. 2017, vol.16, n.48, pp.121-150. Epub Dec 14, 2020. ISSN 1695-6141. https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.16.4.267571.
Aim
To evaluate the quality of life and the nursing diagnoses of women with AIDS.
Methods
Cross-sectional study involving 70 women with AIDS in outpatient follow-up. The sociodemographic and clinical form and the Brazilian version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life - HIV instrument were used for data collection. Nursing diagnoses were determined according to NANDA-I Taxonomy II. The analysis was performed using the Software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18.
Results
The majority of women were 18 to 59 years old (98.6%), heterosexual (97.2%) and had an undetectable viral load (54.3%). They presented intermediate quality of life in all domains of the scale and 14 nursing diagnoses were found, especially the Pattern of Ineffective Sexuality, Fear and Death Related Anxiety.
Conclusion
Women with AIDS presented intermediate quality of life, requiring integral and holistic nursing care.
Keywords : Quality of life; HIV; Nursing diagnosis.