Abstract
ABSTRACTObjective:to identify the coping strategies of people living with aids to face the disease and analyze them according to sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle variables. Method:this is a cross-sectional quantitative study. The sample consisted of 331 people living with aids treated at an outpatient clinic at a referral hospital for treatment of aids. The Coping Strategies Inventory was used to collect the data. Results:emotion-focused coping modes were more frequently mentioned. The mean scores of women, workers, religious people, and people who never withdrew from the treatment were higher for all factors. Patients who had a partner, who lived with family members and who received treatment support, had higher mean scores in coping, withdrawal and social support factors. As for leisure and the practice of physical exercises, the emotion-focused modes also predominated. A correlation was identified between treatment time, schooling, family income and the factors of the Coping Strategies Inventory of. Conclusion:the study showed that the most frequent coping modes were those focused on emotion.
Highlights
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is an emerging disease and one of the major health problems today, due to its pandemic status and severe characteristics
A total of 331 people participated in the study, of which 172 (52%) were males and 159 (48%) were females
Coping arises from the idea of overcoming stressors, and in the present study, we identified higher means related to the positive reappraisal, problem solving and escape-avoidance factors, demonstrating the more frequent use of problem-focused and emotion-focused coping methods
Summary
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (aids) is an emerging disease and one of the major health problems today, due to its pandemic status and severe characteristics. The disease still has a strong impact on the lives of people living with aids, mainly due to stigma and prejudice, psychiatric disorders such as depression, changes in marital relationships such as abandonment of the partner, and difficulties in keeping and reintegrating into the job market with consequent possible financial problems that may negatively influence ART adherence(2). Coping strategies are influenced by factors such as sociodemographic, personal, sociocultural and environmental aspects. They depend on resources that may be personal, such as health status, morality, religiosity, intelligence and individual peculiarities, and sociological, such as family characteristics, social networks, economic situation, conjugal relationship, and so forth(5)
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