Introduction: Historically, complications of HIV infection have been related to admissions the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Despite therapeutic advances, results analysis prognostic factors in patients with HIV/AIDS varied, including late diagnosis and failure adhere antiretroviral treatment. Objective: To evaluate predictors short-term mortality HIV-infected admitted ICU, as well their sociodemo...

conclusions this study showed that we must put more effort in translating knowledge into behavior. background it has been reported that three factors may be responsible for the social stigma associated with disease: widespread ignorance, little information and misconceptions about the disease in society. objectives this study is aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about hiv/aids i...

background tuberculosis (tb) is the second-most common cause of death from infectious disease (after those due to hiv/aids). roughly one-third of the world's population has been infected with m. tuberculosis, with new infections occurring in about 1% of the population each year. people with active tb can infect 10-15 other people through close contact over the course of a year. materials a...

hiv/aids because of its transmission methods has cultural, social and psychiatric impacts on patients especially in islamic countries. we investigated depression frequency in an iranian referral center for hiv/aids patients. all patients attending the counseling centre of imam khomeini hospital during 2006 and 2007 who agreed to participate were enrolled. depression was measured by beck depress...

objective: studies have identified high prevalence of depression among people living with hiv/aids, but only few studies have looked into this association in this environment. the objectives were to determine the prevalence of major depressive disorder, associated socio-demographic and psychosocial variables in people living with hiv/aids attending an out-patient clinic at the olabisi onabanjo ...

Objective: Our study aimed to reveal the syphilis coinfection data in patients living with HIV. In this context, on rates, period which was diagnosed, reinfection and determination of population at risk for HIV/AIDS were presented. Methods: Patients confirmed between January 2016 December 2020 a training research hospital retrospectively screened serological examinations (RPR, TPHA). The conven...

BackgroundCaring for people with HIV/AIDS is a challenging issue nursing students, involving sometimes misconceptions due to different cultural, political, and religious views. Aim: the aim of this study was investigate students' attitudes on caring HIV/AIDS.MethodsA convenient sample undergraduate students enrolled in four European universities recruited. Data were collected by administering A...

HIV-related stigma and discrimination refers to prejudice, negative attitudes abuse directed at people living with HIV AIDS. In 35% of countries available data, over 50% report having discriminatory towards HIV. Stigma also make vulnerable Those most risk (key affected populations) continue face based on their actual or perceived health status, race, socioeconomic age, sex, sexual orientation g...

in this paper, a five–dimensional mathematical model is proposed for the transmission dynamics of hiv/aids within a population of varying size. in writing the model, we have divided the population under consideration into five sub classes of susceptible, infective, pre-aids, aids related complex and that of aids patients. the model has two non- negative equilibria namely, a disease free and the...