Qualidade de vida de portadores de HIV/AIDS e sua rela？？o com linfócitos CD4+, carga viral e tempo de diagnóstico

quality of life (qol) has accompanied the treatment of aids patients, along with pharmacological innovations that have allowed patients to live longer and maintain their well-being. the present study aimed at evaluating the qol of these patients and correlate it with clinical and laboratory data. the study included 205 patients with hiv/aids, who answered the whoqol-120-hiv; and whose socio-demographic data, clinical and laboratory findings were collected. the average age was 40.59 ± 11.81 years; cd4+ lymphocyte count, 397.9 ± 232.84 mm3; and years of diagnosis of hiv, 5.23 ± 3.94. viral load was <50 copies/ml in 115 patients; 50 to 10.000 in 61; and above 10.000 copies in 29 patients. domains achieved satisfactory average scores, and the best were the psychological (14.5 ± 2.7), followed by social relationships (13.7 ± 2.2), physical (12.7 ± 3.5), independence (12.6 ± 2.5), personal beliefs (12.4 ± 2.4), and environment (12.4 ± 1.8). the best scores on pain, pleasure, social support, physical environment, and personal belief facets were observed for those with higher cd4 levels (p < 0.05). the best scores for the finance, leisure, concerns about the future, overall qol, and perceived health facets were observed for patients with viral load <50 (p < 0.05). the highest rates for energy, fatigue, sexual activity, information, transportation, symptoms, care, and concerns about the future facets were seen in patients with less time of diagnosis (p < 0.05). hiv/aids patients in the study had an intermediate qol correlating to cd4 levels, vl, and time of diagnosis.