Perfil de pacientes assistidos no centro de atendimento especializado em DST/AIDS do município de Santa Cruz do Sul/RS.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to characterize the epidemiological profile of patients with HIV/AIDS from the Municipal Service Center Serology (CEMAS), in the municipality of Santa Cruz do Sul/RS from 2013 to 2015. The study method used was documentary, retrospective, descriptive. During this research were found 171 records of patients that fit this study, they had their diagnoses in the above mentioned period and all reside in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul/RS. The information were collected through a form developed by the author for this study and analyzed in absolute and relative frequencies. From the results it was observed that 58% are male, 29% in the age group between 26-35 years old, 45% have incomplete or complete primary education, 65% are white, 37% married, 31% have between one and two children, 34% work in the service sector, 47% were born in the city of Santa Cruz, 70% took up to thirty days to perform collection CD4, 58% had the first CD4 lower than 350 cells/mm³, 85 % did not have another sexually transmitted disease (STD) associated, 98% reported not regularly use condoms, 82% are heterosexual, 95% reported contagion by sex, 94% make use of HAART, 67% use the Triple therapy as treatment. Based on the informations presented it was observed the predominance of men, young adults, with low education levels, white, married, with one or two children, working in the service sector, borned in other municipalities, which took around thirty days to perform CD4 laboratory tests, most with CD4 below than 350 cells / mm³, did not presented STDs associated with the HIV virus, do not regularly use condoms, heterosexual, had the sexual contact as the main form of HIV infection, using HAART and triple therapy as treatment.