title: [Perceptions about the elisa test of people diagnosed at the aids stage].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The delay in the diagnosis of AIDS results in higher treatment costs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To reveal the experiences of people who were diagnosed in the AIDS stage about the access to the ELISA test.
  
  
  METHODS
  In depth interviews were carried out to 15 participants from public hospitals who were in the AIDS stage at the moment of the diagnosis. The main questions asked were about the motivations to take the test, the barriers found and the help received from the health care personnel. All interviews were recorded and analyzed according to Kripperdorff.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The three categories that emerged were the motivations to take the test, the facilitators found and the difficulties to access to the test. The main motivation was a condition of vulnerability due to the suspicion or certainty of being infected. The main facilitator was the sensation of being accepted and not discriminated. The main difficulties were the fear of having a positive test and of being discriminated and the lack of information.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowing these experiences will help to improve the early detection of HIV infections.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carrasco A
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile, alejandra.araya.g@unab.cl.
authors.forename: Alejandra X
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Araya G
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vega
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile, alejandra.araya.g@unab.cl.
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Urrutia S
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubio A
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trujillo G
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lira S
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002677:Chile; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012309:Risk-Taking; D063508:Social Discrimination