QUALITY OF LIFE OF TRANSEXUAL WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.59749

Keywords:

Nursing, Quality of life, HIV, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

Abstract

Objective: To understand the quality of life of transsexual women living with HIV/AIDS.
Methods: This was a qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study, carried out in 2017 with six transsexual women at a reference hospital for HIV/AIDS in Pernambuco, Brazil. The interviews were recorded and transcribed using the Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires, using the similitude analysis technique.
Results: The following classes emerged: “Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and implications for coping”; and “HIV/AIDS treatment adherence and the programming context”.
Final considerations: The condition of living with HIV/AIDS for transsexual women goes beyond the disease, involving intimate suffering in terms of social violence, denied human rights, and vulnerability, which limits their personal and social development and impacts the totality of human conditions to reach a high quality of life.

Author Biographies

Paula Daniella de Abreu, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Enfermagem

Ednaldo Cavalcante de Araújo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Enfermagem

Eliane Maria Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Enfermagem

Jefferson Wildes da Silva Moura, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Enfermagem

Isabela de Lucena Heráclio, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Enfermagem

Zailde Carvalho dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Departamento de Enfermagem

Claudia Benedita dos Santos, Universidade de São Paulo

Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública, Ribeirão Preto

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Published

2019-05-07

How to Cite

Abreu, P. D. de, Araújo, E. C. de, Vasconcelos, E. M. R. de, Moura, J. W. da S., Heráclio, I. de L., Santos, Z. C. dos, & Santos, C. B. dos. (2019). QUALITY OF LIFE OF TRANSEXUAL WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 24. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.59749

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Vol. 24 (2019)

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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