Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud, en pacientes con VIH/SIDA, que reciben atención en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso de la ciudad de Cuenca, 2005-2006

Abstract

The evaluation of quality of life related to health (HRQOL) and can provide valuable additional information on the situation of the patient with VIH / SIDA, but this issue has been neglected in the middle, under which, present the investigation. Knowing the quality of life of patients living with VIH / SIDA who come to the outpatient infectious Regional Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso (HVCM) of the city of Cuenca. Identify the personal characteristics of each patient; interpret the quality of life from the perspective of the physical, psychological and social dimension in people affected by VIH / SIDA. The research is participatory, qualitative descriptive transversal through the questionnaire application QVIH-1 with eight variables that assess the physical, psychological and social dimensions. voluntarily they participated in 37 patients with VIH / SIDA who come to the outpatient infectologías the HVCM. By identifying the three dimensions comprising HRQOL they are affected all the participants it is concluded that patients with VIH / SIDA live a poor HRQOL according to the state of the presence disease symptoms, social, psychological distress and emotional disturbs your standard performance evaluation of the quality of life related to health (HRQOL) and can provide valuable additional information on the situation of the patient with VIH / SIDA, but this issue has been neglected in the middle, under which, present research. Knowing the quality of life of patients living with VIH / SIDA who come to the outpatient infectious Regional Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso (HVCM) of the city of Cuenca. Identify the personal characteristics of each patient; interpret the quality of life from the perspective of the physical, psychological and social dimension in people affected by HIV / AIDS. The research is participatory, qualitative descriptive transversal through the questionnaire application QVIH-1 with eight variables that assess the physical, psychological and social dimensions. voluntarily they participated in 37 patients with VIH / SIDA who come to the outpatient infectologías the HVCM. By identifying the three dimensions comprising HRQOL they are affected all the participants it is concluded that patients withVIH / SIDA live a poor HRQOL according to the state of the presence disease symptoms, social, psychological distress and emotional disturbs your standard performance