Effects of HIV in daily life of women living with AIDS

Abstract

Objective: Understand the impact of HIV in everyday life of women living with AIDS. Method: A qualitative study involving 11 women attending a center of information on STD/HIV/AIDS and Viral Hepatitis in a city in northeastern semiarid, with data collected by semi-structured interview and interpreted by content analysis. Results: It was evident that the everyday life of women with HIV/AIDS suffers repercussions in the sexuality, by the reduction in sexual relations, discoveries of new forms of pleasure by couple and increase in personal and social responsibility after diagnosis. Moreover, there was the emergence of negative and positive feelings and the search for ways of coping of disease. Conclusion: It is concluded the necessity and importance of nursing to direct health interventions for these women, demonstrating the possibilities of pleasure, satisfaction with life and living with the disease.