title: [The motives for consultation and the clinical stages of HIV-positive patients attending a health center].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find the clinical condition and motives for consultation of HIV + patients seen in our Health Centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was an observational and retrospective study. SITE. The study was carried out in the Primary Care context, in the Natahoyo Health Centre (Gijón).
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical histories of 26 HIV + patients registered at the Health Centre were studied. These supposed a total of 387 consultations from the day they were diagnosed as seropositive to the 31 August, 1991, or until their death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 387 consultations recorded broke down into a average of 14.8 consultations per patient (SD 12.7). 43% due to a request for detoxification. Only 5.5% of patients were referred to the second level. In line with the classifications of the W.H.O., 14 patients (56%) would be in stage I; 3 (12%) in stage II; 3 (12%) in stage III; and 5 (20%) in stage IV.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HIV + patients often attend our Health Centre, but mainly for bureaucratic reasons. Consultations due to illness tend to be for minor pathologies, which are almost always treated successfully in the Centre itself. The WHO's classifications were found to be useful for assessing the stage of each HIV + patient at the Primary Care level.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud del Natahoyo, Gijón, Asturias.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Villarias López
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Díaz Alvarez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez Alvarez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malo de Molina Martínez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pendás García
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solas Rodríguez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: del Pozo Vidal
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011379:Prognosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Motivos de consulta y estadios clínicos de los pacientes VIH positivos atendidos en un centro de salud.