Effects of HIV in daily life of women living with AIDS

Abstract

Objetivo: Compreender as repercussões do HIV no cotidiano de mulheres vivendo com AIDS. Método: Pesquisa qualitativa com a participação de 11 mulheres usuárias de um centro de Informações em DST/HIV/AIDS e Hepatites Virais de uma cidade do semiárido nordestino, com dados coletados por entrevista semiestruturada e interpretados por análise de conteúdo. Resultados: evidencia-se que o cotidiano de mulheres com HIV/aids sofre repercussões no que refere a sexualidade, pela redução das relações sexuais, descobertas de novas formas de prazer pelo casal e aumento da responsabilidade pessoal e social após o diagnóstico. Além disso, ocorreu o surgimento de sentimentos negativos e positivos e a busca por formas de enfrentamento da doença. Conclusão: Conclui-se a necessidade e importância da enfermagem direcionar ações em saúde para essas mulheres, demonstrando as possibilidades de prazer, satisfação com a vida e de convivência com a doença.

Depression, self-concept, future expectations and hope of people with HIV

“…Moreover, a study carried out with women with HIV in the state of Bahia showed that the feeling of guilt harmed respondents' social relations and mental health (23) . Guilt is especially prevalent in people with HIV/AIDS when the disease was acquired due to lack of prevention, such as unprotected sex and intercourse with sex workers.…”

Experiences and Attitudes of People with HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies

“…That is why adherence to the therapy and good monitoring is important for them. In Oliveira's article [30], one of the participants states: "It is a responsibility, because you must take that medication, you must have medical monitoring and you must be careful because you can develop some other diseases".…”

Changes in Women’s Sexuality After Hiv Diagnosis: An Integrative Literature Review / Mudanças na Sexualidade de Mulheres Após o Diagnóstico do Hiv: Uma Revisão Integrativa

“…7 Further works have shown that most women have had their sexual activity preserved, although a considerable proportion has become sexually inactive. 8,11 Three publications underlined that most of them either decreased or ceased their sexual intercourse, 9,10,12 besides mentioning the reduction of sexual drive, 10,13 as shown in Table 2.…”

“…Thus, sexual abstinence and withdrawal from their social environment become part of their routine. 10 A study performed with 161 women living with HIV showed that 72.7% reported psychological, 54.6% physical and 25.4% sexual violence. 16 Those data suggest a higher risk of aggression in HIV-infected women than in those who do not have the virus, then indicating that women bearing HIV have difficulty maintaining their sex life at the same proportion they had before the diagnosis.…”

“…This fact, together with the lack of information to use condoms and the desire to ask the partner to use condoms, has a reduction in sexual desires and, consequently, contributes to inactivity or less sexual activity. 7,[9][10][11][12][13] One study has shown that concern about the transmission of the virus during sexual intercourse is common and that anxiety may be responsible for nondisclosure of virus contamination. 17 Furthermore, the authors found a gender issue, as there was a greater frequency of fear on the part of women, both in disclosure and in the possibility of infecting the sexual partner.…”