Fatores associados à vulnerabilidade de idosos vivendo com HIV/AIDS em Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil

Abstract

Abstract

Idosos vivendo com HIV – comportamento e conhecimento sobre sexualidade: revisão integrativa

“…Levando-se em consideração esses aspectos, faz-se necessário o desenvolvimento de pesquisas que investiguem o comportamento e o conhecimento sobre sexualidade em idosos que vivem com HIV, contribuindo, assim, para o desenvolvimento de políticas públicas e práticas de saúde que garantam o aperfeiçoamento do cuidado em relação à saúde sexual da população idosa, bem como a desmistificação de mitos e preconceitos, estabelecidos socialmente, acerca da sexualidade da pessoa idosa, colaborando para que esse público desfrute de uma vida sexual saudável 25 .…”

Conhecimento sobre HIV/aids segundo idosos de cidades da Serra Gaúcha/RS

“…A representação feminina foi de 73,4%, enquanto a masculina de 26,6%. Estudos recentes demonstraram que as mulheres possuem uma sobrevivência superior aos homens de 5 anos 15,16,17 . Isso também pode ser explicado pela proporção de 100 idosas para 82 idosos segundo fonte do IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) 4 .…”

HIVAIDS and the Reflection of Sexual Invisibility in the Elderly in Brazil

“…Regarding adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), it is known that several issues are involved, from the acceptance of the diagnosis to the false belief, still present in the imaginary of the population, especially in the elderly, that the disease does not exist and/or does not cause health problems 14 . Also, associated cadres of lack of social support, polypharmacy and mental disorders (depression and anxiety), often prevalent in the geriatric population, further hamper adherence to the treatment of chronic diseases, reinforcing the increase in the AIDS/HIV relationship 27,28 . This greater difficulty in therapeutic adherence ends up converging to data referring to AIDS deaths.…”

“…Also, associated cadres of lack of social support, polypharmacy and mental disorders (depression and anxiety), often prevalent in the geriatric population, further hamper adherence to the treatment of chronic diseases, reinforcing the increase in the AIDS/HIV relationship 27,28 . This greater difficulty in therapeutic adherence ends up converging to data referring to AIDS deaths. Although the absolute number in the elderly is lower when compared to the younger age groups, the increase of 89.45% in male deaths and 161.96% in females in a period corresponding to half of the previously analyzed allows raising two hypotheses: the success of the National Anti-AIDS Program implemented in Brazil in the 1990s, which made it possible to increase the life expectancy of the population that acquired the disease 20-30 years ago, thus resulting in the percentage growth of death rates in the elderly 29 ; the second hypothesis would be the failure to perform early diagnosis in this group, as a consequence of the still existing taboo on the sexuality of the elderly 20 , as well as the various factors that contribute to no adherence to ART, leaving the geriatric population more susceptible to AIDS 14,27,28 .…”