title: Quality of life, socioeconomic profile, knowledge and attitude toward sexuality from the perspectives of individuals living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to analyze the quality of life of "patients" with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and relate it to their socioeconomic profile, knowledge and attitudes toward sexuality.
  
  
  METHODS
  crosssectional and analytical study with 201 individuals who are 50 years old or older. The Targeted Quality of Life and Aging Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scales were applied during interviews. Multiple Linear Regression was used in data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  dimensions of quality of life more strongly compromised were disclosure worries (39.0), sexual function (45.9), and financial worries (55.6). Scores concerning knowledge and attitudes toward sexuality were 31.7 and 14.8, respectively. There was significant correlation between attitudes and the domains of overall function, health worries, medication worries, and HIV mastery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  guidance concerning how the disease is transmitted, treated and how it progresses, in addition to providing social and psychological support, could minimize the negative effects of the disease on the quality of life of patients living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Meiry Fernanda Pinto
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gisele Cristina
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gosuen
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cássia Regina Vancini
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Campanharo
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dayana Souza
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Fram
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ruth Ester Assayag
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Angélica Gonçalves Silva
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Belasco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D019529:Sexuality; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors