Vulnerability factors associated with HIV/AIDS hospitalizations: a case-control study

• Main Authors: Livia Maria Lopes (Author), Rubia Laine de Paula Andrade (Author), Tiemi Arakawa (Author), Gabriela Tavares Magnabosco (Author), Maria Ines Battistella Nemes (Author), Antonio Ruffino Netto (Author), Aline Aparecida Monroe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the association between HIV/AIDS hospitalizations and factors that integrate individual, social, and programmatic vulnerabilities. Methods: a case-control study conducted in 2014 in a municipality in the state of São Paulo. "Cases" included people living with HIV (PLHIV) hospitalized and "control" those who were outpatients. Interviews were conducted using a tool with sociodemographic variables, clinical characteristics and other vulnerabilities. Data were analyzed by conditional logistic regression. Results: fifty-six cases and 112 control participated. Risk factors for HIV hospitalization were: unemployed and retired individuals; homeless people; non-antiretroviral users; individuals who did not regularly attend returns. Access to social workers was a protective factor for hospitalization. Conclusions: this research contributed to measure the social, individual and programmatic vulnerabilities that interfere with HIV worsening and, consequently, unfavorable outcome such as hospitalization.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0979