Evaluation of AIDS-related disability in a general hospital in southern, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Marise Bueno Zonta²  Sérgio Monteiro De Almeida²  Mirian T Matsuno De Carvalho¹  Lineu César Werneck² 

[1] ,Federal University of Paraná Clinical Hospital Neurology DivisionCuritiba PR ,Brazil

关键词: AIDS;    HIV;    disability;    functional status;    functional assessment;    functional independence measure;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-86702005000600005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The increase in survival rates of patients affected by AIDS is associated with physical disabilities that can compromise their functional independence. We examined the degree and types of disabilities in hospitalized AIDS patients , as well the clinical and immunological parameters associated with disability. The lowered functional status was associated with increased time since AIDS had been diagnosed, with complaints of weakness, and with the involvement of more than one set of systems in the definition of AIDS. The inability to perform daily living activities was associated with higher viral loads (log) c/mL, lower CD4+/mL and CD4+/CD8+ ratios, and with involvement of the central nervous system, in the cause of hospitalization. Both the inability to perform daily living activities and low functional status were associated with muscle strength alteration and with being unemployed.

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