[Evolution of the nutritional status of patients with HIV-AIDS. Effects of socioeconomic situation and dietetic counseling].
OBJECTIVE
To know HIV-AIDS patient's nutritional status in different infection's condition and their relation with the socioeconomic situation and, in that case, the nutritional condition improvement through the dietetic advice appropriated for each patient.


METHODS
Prospective study of 79 patients with HIV-AIDS diagnostic in any illness's condition and recopilation of anthropometrics and biochemical variables. At the beginning of the study we got data about socioeconomic situation of patient with a scale of 1 to 5 points each variable and an score top of 35. In the survivors we checked, after dietetic advice, the variables at 6 and 12 months by sanitary personal (physician and nurse) who weren't implicated in direct assistance. The study was analyzed by Student "T" for matched data and the simple correlation test.


RESULTS
We have objectivated a lost of initial weight over their habitual's with a progressive impairment in different stage of evolution that weren't modified by dietetic advice. We didn't observed significant variations in the biochemical variables included in advances states and in parameters which are usually affected in malnutrition. In the analysis of relation between nutritional condition and socioeconomic factors, it was estimated a lesser score, that was statistically significative, in patients who had a work, family situation and an affective upset positive.


CONCLUSIONS
The results obtained induce to think that the nutritional advices appropriated for each patient are not related, in our series, with progressive deterioration of anthropometrics variables, neither biochemical parameters fluctuations at 6, 12 months of follow-up. The patient's socioeconomic situation is not influenced by nutritional condition except for the work, affectivity and family environment.
Sánchez Alvarez
M C
MC
S. Medicina Intensiva-Unidad de Nutrición, Hospital General Universitario, Murcia.
Gómez Ramos
M J
MJ
Cano Sánchez
A
A
Pacheco Guevara
R
R
Nicolás Hernández
M
M
García Alberola
A
A
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors