Caracterización clínica de los pacientes con VIH SIDA atendidos en el área de psicología del Hospital de Infectología, año 2020 - 2021.

Abstract

People infected with HIV have a high prevalence of psychiatric complications, in which they may experience a wide variety of emotions such as sadness, fear, rage, anger, shame, guilt or anxiety, and feel their prognosis as uncertain despite having good prognosis of infection. Objective: To determine the clinical characteristics of patients with HIV AIDS treated in the psychology area of the Infectious Hospital, year 2020 - 2021. Methodology: A descriptive, quantitative, retrospective, cross-sectional study. Population: Made up of 60 patients with a diagnosis of HIV-AIDS. Technique: Indirect Observation. Instrument: Indirect Observation Matrix. Results: Sociodemographic characteristics: age: 25 to 30 (52%), sex: man (48%) and woman (52%), length of illness: less than 2 years (52%), years of treatment: less than 2 years (52%). Psychological and social complications: Psychological: decreased self-esteem (55%), self-rejection (42%), depression (33%), suicide attempt (37%) and anxiety (27%). Social: Fear of contagion to other people (53%), family and social rejection (52%) and difficulties in labor insertion (27%). Treatment used: Psychological: Individual (55%) and family (48%) therapies. Psychiatric: Antidepressants (62%) and Anxiolytic (37%). Conclusion: It is important to provide relevant information, in order to have a good knowledge about the risks of infection and to understand the aspects and behaviors of people infected with psychosocial complications.