Qualidade do sono e qualidade de vida em mulheres portadoras do HIV/AIDS / Quality of sleep and life in HIV/AIDS-infected women

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2008

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INTRODUCTION: Sleep disorders have allegedly been described early in the HIV infection. Both the characteristics of sleep and quality of life in women with HIV/AIDS were evaluated. METHOD: Conducted at the Corsini Center, the study group consisted of 30 women with HIV/AIDS, mean age 35.4 years, and 30 women who had no known HIV diagnoses as the control group. METHODS: The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Assessment and HIV/AIDS - Target Quality of Life were applied. RESULTS: There was a significant difference between the AIDS and the control groups drawn from the Center of Health 31 de Março, for global sleep scores (p=0.003). Concerning depressive and anxiety symptoms, findings revealed that AIDS patients presented higher levels of anxiety, but there was no significant difference in the symptoms of depression for either group. In terms of quality of life there was significant difference between symptomatic and non-symptomatic groups of women. No significant difference in QoL was seen between symptomatic and assymptomatic groups, although assymptomatic women did present greater compromise in QoL domains than controls. CONCLUSION: Compromised sleep and quality of life was observed in women infected with HIV/AIDS suffering from both depressive and anxiety symptoms

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