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Biomédica
versión impresa ISSN 0120-4157
Resumen
MORENO-MONTOYA, José et al. Quality of life and perceived social support in people with HIV in Bogotá, Colombia. Biomédica [online]. 2018, vol.38, n.4, pp.577-585. ISSN 0120-4157. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i4.3819.
Introduction:
People living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries tend to have a lower quality of life and less social support compared with those in developed countries.
Objective:
To explore the association between affective social support or social support generating confidence and each dimension of the quality of life related to health among people with HIV/AIDS from Bogotá.
Materials and methods:
We conducted a cross-sectional study of people living with HIV/AIDS using convenience sampling of a care program in a hospital network in Bogotá. The quality of life questionnaire SF36 and the generic social support questionnaire Duke-UNC-11 were used, along with linear regression models for the analyses.
Results:
There was a direct relationship between the emotional well-being dimension of quality of life and the social support systems of affectivity (ß =7.36;95% CI: 1.04; 13.68) and those generating confidence (ß =11.63;95% CI: 5.30; 17.96). There was a correlation between the dimensions of physical function, emotional performance, pain, and perceived affective social support. Likewise, we detected relations between the perception of social support generating confidence and the dimensions of vitality and social function. Contrarily, we found an inverse relationship between the averages of the dimension of emotional performance and the perceived affective social support, as well as between the dimension of physical performance and general health with social support generating confidence.
Conclusions:
Subjects with higher levels of social support had higher levels of quality of life related to health. This finding offers an opportunity for the design and implementation of healthcare plans that incorporate clinical, para-clinical and environmental variables of the patient.
Palabras clave : HIV; quality of life; social support; linear models; perception; Colombia.