2013
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-07072013000100017
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The hope of women with HIV/AIDS: evaluation using the Herth Scale

Abstract: This descriptive cross-sectional study had the objective to evaluate the level of hope in women aged 50 or older suffering from HIV/AIDS, utilizing the Herth Hope Scale. The study involved 200 HIV- positive women, within the age bracket of interest, enrolled in three STI/AIDS specialized healthcare services in the city of São Paulo. The rules of the 196/96 Resolution were met and the study was approved by the Research and Ethics Committee. Data were collected in 2010 using two instruments: subjects' characteri… Show more

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“…With regard to hope, it is an essential feeling for coping with cancer, and can be considered one of the most important aspects for nursing care. This is because it contributes to acceptance of the new condition of the disease, allowing a greater capacity to cope with crisis situations, as well as the maintenance of good behaviors related to long periods of treatment (6) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…With regard to hope, it is an essential feeling for coping with cancer, and can be considered one of the most important aspects for nursing care. This is because it contributes to acceptance of the new condition of the disease, allowing a greater capacity to cope with crisis situations, as well as the maintenance of good behaviors related to long periods of treatment (6) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…21 In addition, health professionals should be aware of the family and affective repercussions arising from the condition of living with HIV and how it can influence the behavior of these women, including adherence to treatment, and it should therefore provide comprehensive care that can meet their bio psychosocial needs. 22 Finally, it can be seen that for the woman living with HIV, the possible risk of transmission, the non-breastfeeding, treatment and its consequences, and the perception of impotence before the condition presented, besides the social and moral aspects that would affect the children, influence the decision to conceive. 9 Thus, it is necessary a model of care that values the feelings expressed by women who wish to conceive in the face of the HIV diagnosis, and a reassessment of the ethical and professional posture of all those involved in the care of women with respect to their sexual and reproductive rights.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Currently, HIV is a continuous and unstable worldwide phenomenon, with different occurrence forms, depending on individual and collective behavioral determinants. As for AIDS, due to its clinical manifestations in latter stages, it stands out among the emerging infectious diseases due to its large amplitude and damage extent (2) . In Brazil, 882,810 cases of AIDS were recorded between 1980 and June 2017, with a yearly average of 40 thousand new cases in the last five years.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%