Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of life
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate inequalities of race/skin color and sex in relation to quality of life of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a Brazilian university hospital between 2017 and 2018. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted between 2017 and 2018...
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| author | Ehideé Gómez La-Rotta Leidy Janeth Erazo Chavez Harold Gomez-Larrota Pedro Henrique de Faria Armindo Augusto da Nobrega Albuquerque Felipe Thiele Cecílio Max da Silva Maciel José Antonio Enciso Domínguez Maria Rita Donalisio |
| author_facet | Ehideé Gómez La-Rotta Leidy Janeth Erazo Chavez Harold Gomez-Larrota Pedro Henrique de Faria Armindo Augusto da Nobrega Albuquerque Felipe Thiele Cecílio Max da Silva Maciel José Antonio Enciso Domínguez Maria Rita Donalisio |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate inequalities of race/skin color and sex in relation to quality of life of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a Brazilian university hospital between 2017 and 2018. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted between 2017 and 2018 with 350 people living with HIV, applying the HIV-specific Quality of Life (QoL) scale. The groups were compared using the χ2 test and Student's t-test or Kruskal-Wallis test. To evaluate the factors associated with the nine domains of QoL, Tweedie Regression, an application of the Generalized Linear Model, was performed. Results: Of the 350 participants, 55.7% self-reported to be white and 44.3%, Black/mixed-race; with a mean age (standard deviation – SD) of 45.2 (±12.6). We verified that 46.3% reported having suffered some type of prejudice, 34.8% due to the disease, 12% due to skin color, and 11.4% due to sexual orientation. The overall mean quality of life was 78.85 (±11.61). The domain with the lowest mean was Confidentiality Concerns (M: 43.45±29.46). Among the factors associated with several domains were sex (woman), level of education, per capita income, having suffered some prejudice, or hospitalizations in the last year. Conclusion: Differences in level of education, per capita income, and work status by self-reported race/skin color of the participants were evidenced, showing inequalities in the study population. Sex (woman) is the factor associated with most of the QoL domains, among them Life Satisfaction, Confidentiality Concerns, Health Concerns, Financial Concerns, Medication Concerns, Acceptance of HIV, and Sexual Function. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a700ebb3503743dfa0ea76f1797dc19e2025-08-20T03:28:17ZengAssociação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde ColetivaRevista Brasileira de Epidemiologia1980-54972025-06-012810.1590/1980-549720250034Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of lifeEhideé Gómez La-Rottahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1194-9898Leidy Janeth Erazo Chavezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3715-7864Harold Gomez-Larrotahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9673-0582Pedro Henrique de Fariahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4888-0564Armindo Augusto da Nobrega Albuquerquehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-5410Felipe Thiele Cecíliohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8764-3409Max da Silva Macielhttps://orcid.org/0009-0008-1930-254XJosé Antonio Enciso Domínguezhttps://orcid.org/0009-0007-3644-4219Maria Rita Donalisiohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4457-9897ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate inequalities of race/skin color and sex in relation to quality of life of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a Brazilian university hospital between 2017 and 2018. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted between 2017 and 2018 with 350 people living with HIV, applying the HIV-specific Quality of Life (QoL) scale. The groups were compared using the χ2 test and Student's t-test or Kruskal-Wallis test. To evaluate the factors associated with the nine domains of QoL, Tweedie Regression, an application of the Generalized Linear Model, was performed. Results: Of the 350 participants, 55.7% self-reported to be white and 44.3%, Black/mixed-race; with a mean age (standard deviation – SD) of 45.2 (±12.6). We verified that 46.3% reported having suffered some type of prejudice, 34.8% due to the disease, 12% due to skin color, and 11.4% due to sexual orientation. The overall mean quality of life was 78.85 (±11.61). The domain with the lowest mean was Confidentiality Concerns (M: 43.45±29.46). Among the factors associated with several domains were sex (woman), level of education, per capita income, having suffered some prejudice, or hospitalizations in the last year. Conclusion: Differences in level of education, per capita income, and work status by self-reported race/skin color of the participants were evidenced, showing inequalities in the study population. Sex (woman) is the factor associated with most of the QoL domains, among them Life Satisfaction, Confidentiality Concerns, Health Concerns, Financial Concerns, Medication Concerns, Acceptance of HIV, and Sexual Function.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2025000100424&lng=en&tlng=enQuality of lifeHIV long-term survivorsRace factorsSexInequalities |
| spellingShingle | Ehideé Gómez La-Rotta Leidy Janeth Erazo Chavez Harold Gomez-Larrota Pedro Henrique de Faria Armindo Augusto da Nobrega Albuquerque Felipe Thiele Cecílio Max da Silva Maciel José Antonio Enciso Domínguez Maria Rita Donalisio Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of life Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia Quality of life HIV long-term survivors Race factors Sex Inequalities |
| title | Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of life |
| title_full | Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of life |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of life |
| title_short | Evaluation of sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of life |
| title_sort | evaluation of sociodemographic clinical and behavioral characteristics of people living with the human immunodeficiency virus and its association with quality of life |
| topic | Quality of life HIV long-term survivors Race factors Sex Inequalities |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2025000100424&lng=en&tlng=en |
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