Sociodemographic factors associated with greater immune recovery in people living with HIV/AIDS in the Comprehensive Care Unit of Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2165025030110

• Palavras-chave: HIV/AIDS, immune recovery, viral load, CD4+ T lymphocytes, Guatemala

• Keywords: HIV/AIDS, immune recovery, viral load, CD4+ T lymphocytes, Guatemala

• Abstract:

  This retrospective cross-sectional study evaluated the immune recovery of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) who attended the "Dr. Carlos Rodolfo Mejía Villatorio" Comprehensive Care Unit and were diagnosed between 2017 and 2021. Carlos Rodolfo Mejía Villatoro", and who were diagnosed between the years 2017 and 2021; in order to identify the sociodemographic factors associated with this recovery, through the evaluation of the database collected within the unit and statistical association tests in the Jamovi software. The results showed that 34% of the individuals included in the study achieved immune recovery; however, only a statistically significant association was observed in the variables of age and occupation; thus concluding that the patients most likely to recover are those aged between 31 and 56 years, and the unemployed. In addition, the importance of creating awareness campaigns to encourage the general public to undergo screening tests and follow up with health care if positive diagnoses are obtained is demonstrated.