Abstract
to understand the representational content about HIV/AIDS among seropositive elderly people. a qualitative study carried out from April to May 2017, in the city of Recife/PE, with 48 seropositive elderly people, through a semi-structured interview. The Social Representations Theory was used as theoretical framework and the method of lexical analysis through IRAMUTEQ software. it was observed that the social representation of HIV is structured around the proximity of death and that it is a disease of restricted groups, leading to feelings of sadness. On the other hand, it is evident a transformation of the representation linked to the reified knowledge, leading to the process of naturalization of the disease. it is concluded that the elderly living with HIV, when they undergo a process of reframing about the disease, become more flexible to deal with their condition of seropositivity.
Highlights
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection has evolved from a fatal condition to a chronic disease condition, leading to increased survival of HIV-infected individuals, resulting in premature aging of this population[1,2]. the highest concentration of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) cases in Brazil is in individuals between the ages of 25 and 39, a change in the course of the epidemic in recent years has been observed
The following categories were created:“HIV/AIDS discovery and diagnosis impact” and “Representational content attributed to HIV/AIDS”
Data analysis allowed the identification of two categories:“HIV/ AIDS discovery and diagnosis impact”; and “Representational content attributed to HIV/AIDS”
Summary
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection has evolved from a fatal condition to a chronic disease condition, leading to increased survival of HIV-infected individuals, resulting in premature aging of this population[1,2]. the highest concentration of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) cases in Brazil is in individuals between the ages of 25 and 39, a change in the course of the epidemic in recent years has been observed. The epidemiological profile has shown a significant increase of cases per year, in the age group of 50 years or more, in both genders[3,4] In this context, it should be noted that, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), patients with positive serology for HIV from the age of 50 can already be considered as elderly[5]. There is increasing evidence that the prevalence of comorbidities and risk factors for chronic diseases are very common in HIV patients aged 50 years or older and increase with age It is higher in the HIVinfected population when compared to uninfected individuals[1,6]
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