Level of pain and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS pain and quality of life in HIV/AIDS

Autor: Joelma Gomes da Silva, Flávia Cavalcante Monteiro Melo, Isis Kelly dos Santos, Dimas Anaximandro da Rocha Morgan, Kesley Pablo Morais de Azevedo, Maria Irany Knackfuss, Humberto Jefferson de Medeiros
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: AIDS Care. 29:1041-1048
ISSN: 1360-0451
0954-0121
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1274013
Popis: The aim of this descriptive study was to correlate the level of pain with the quality of life in 261 people living with HIV/AIDS. Mild pain/no pain was reported by 47.5% of subjects, 24.1% reported moderate pain, and 28.4% reported severe pain; pain levels were correlated with gender (p = 0.02), health status (p 0.001), perception (p 0.001), and stage of infection (p = 0.005). Being female represented a risk factor for moderate (p 0.001) and intense pain (p = 0.004). Poor health represented a risk for moderate (p 0.038) and intense pain (p = 0.005). Being young was a factor of protection for moderate pain (21-30 years, p = 0.046; 41-50 years, p = 0.023; and 51-60 years, p 0.030). The low quality of life averages was identified and correlated with pain in all evaluated domains (p 0.001). The risk factors for moderate and severe pain were a low level of independence (p = 0.004) and compromised social relations (p = 0.029), respectively. Psychological control behaved as a protection factor for moderate pain (p = 0.011), and bad physical domain proved to be a protection factor for severe pain (p = 0.007). The level of pain is a negative impact on the quality of life of people with HIV/AIDS.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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