Sexually transmittedinfection in patients with psychiatric disorders in an amazonian metropolis
International Journal of Development Research
Sexually transmittedinfection in patients with psychiatric disorders in an amazonian metropolis
Received 18th January, 2022; Received in revised form 30th January, 2022; Accepted 06th February, 2022; Published online 19th March, 2022
Copyright © 2022, Marcelo Coelho Simões et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of HIV/AIDS virus infection in patients with psychiatric disorders in reference service in mental health care, to characterize them sociodemographically and identifying the main psychiatric diagnoses and comorbidities. The data were obtained through a study in medical records of hospitalized patients in the period from 2012 to 2014. From the universe of 823 patients, 7 were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, obtaining a prevalence of 0.8%. The sample consisted mainly of women, ranging in age from 31 to 40 years old, from the metropolitan area of Belém-PA.The psychiatric disorder more evident was bipolar disorder and the most common comorbidity was drug abuse, making possible the elaboration of a technical note regarding its aspects. The study reinforces the importance of measures on social determinants and the potential of the Psychosocial Attention Network as a space for education and debate to strengthening of these people as protagonists.
