PERFIL DOS USUÁRIOS DE UM SERVIÇO DE ATENDIMENTO ESPECIALIZADO EM HIV/AIDS

Abstract

Abstract: The Specialized Care Service (SAE) is an important strategy of the Ministry of Health for the treatment of people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus - HIV / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - AIDS -  aimed at reducing related morbidity and mortality AIDS in Brazil. The aim of this study was to know and describe the profile of users diagnosed with HIV / AIDS, who were admitted to SAE / Goiânia, in 2016. Method: In the total of study subjects, 168 (92.3%) were 126 males (69.3%) were between 20 and 34 years old; 55 (30.2%) had completed high school. A little more than half of the users 92 (50.5%) declared sexual intercourse as a way of contagion of HIV. The rate of users being treated with antiretroviral therapy (TARV) was 161 (88.5%). It was concluded that the majority of SAE / Goiânia users with HIV / Aids, in 2016, were men, with complete high school, young adults and who had the sexual route as the main route of HIV contagion. The rate of users undergoing treatment with antiretroviral therapy was 95.6% (174) there was abandonment of 4.7% (8 users) The most significant difference presented was in the gender variable, where viral suppression reached 92.3%, women undergoing TARV and only 57.4% of men had their viral load undetectable. This study contributed to the planning of assistance actions developed by the Municipal Health Department, for monitoring and supported future proposals for interventions such as: increasing the accessibility of the population in general, especially initiating actions that include the female and heterosexual population.