Factors Associated With Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in People Living With HIV in Northeast Brazil.

Background: The diagnosis of HIV infection can cause mental disorders or exacerbate existing symptoms because of the stigma, psychological stress, and need for the self-management of the illness. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in people with HIV and to identify the associated factors.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study.

Spatial analysis of AIDS and the social determinants of health.

Introduction: The social determinants of health (SDH) are factors that can influence the distribution of rates for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in a given region. The objective of this study was to analyze SDHs related to AIDS.

Method: Ecological study, using spatial analyses techniques.

Specialized care for people with AIDS in the state of Ceara, Brazil.

Objective: To analyze if the distribution of specialized care services for HIV/AIDS is associated with AIDS rates.

Methods: Ecological study, for which the distribution of 10 specialized care services in the Ceara state, Northeastern Brazil, was obtained, and the mean rates of the disease were estimated per mesoregion. We evaluated 7,896 individuals who had been diagnosed with AIDS, were aged 13 years or older, lived in Ceara, and had been informed of their condition between 2001 and 2011.

Spatial analysis of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus among pregnant women.

Objectives: to analyze the spatial distribution of reported cases of pregnant women infected by the human immunodeficiency virus and to identify the urban areas with greater social vulnerability to the infection among pregnant women.

Method: ecological study, developed by means of spatial analysis techniques of area data. Secondary data were used from the Brazilian National Disease Notification System for the city of Recife, Pernambuco.

The historic data series on AIDS in the state of Ceará, Brazil.

This study describes the historic records on AIDS in the Brazilian state of Ceará, with analysis by gender, age group and race. It is a descriptive, retrospective, ecological study, analyzing 7,896 notifications of cases of AIDS, of people aged 13 and above, resident in the Ceará, over the period 2001 through 2011. Percentage occurrences and other data were calculated based on the variables gender, age group and race.

[Experiences to cope with HIV among infected women].

The study aimed to describe HIV-positive women's reports and experiences in coping with the infection. A qualitative study was carried out in the context of a specialized care service in Fortaleza-CE in 2007. Participants were 14 women diagnosed with HIV infection, who participated in tape recorded interviews.

Non-verbal mother-child communication in conditions of maternal HIV in an experimental environment.

Non-verbal communication is predominant in the mother-child relation. This study aimed to analyze non-verbal mother-child communication in conditions of maternal HIV. In an experimental environment, five HIV-positive mothers were evaluated during care delivery to their babies of up to six months old.

Analysis of proxemic communication with HIV/AIDS patients.

This descriptive and exploratory study analyzed the proxemic factors of the nursing team and HIV/AIDS patients in a hospital environment in Fortaleza - CE, between October and November 2004. Data were collected through non-participant observation. Forty-one interactions were analyzed, in which no gender influence was observed.