PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS LIVING WITH HIV IN AN OUTPATIENT SERVICE IN JOÃO PESSOA

Abstract

To write the profile of patients with Diabetes Mellitus who live with the HIV virus and are treated in an outpatient endocrinology service. This is a documental, descriptive, observational and cross-sectional research with a quantitative and qualitative approach to data collected through a semi-structured form applied to patients with HIV and Diabetes Mellitus. It was held at the Clementino Fraga Infectious Diseases Complex, in João Pessoa, from March to May 2023. 8 people participated. It complied with Resolution No. 466/12 of the National Health Council, being accepted by the Research Ethics Committee of the University Center of João Pessoa - UNIPÊ and approved by the School of Public Health of Paraíba. There was no higher prevalence over one sex, the mean age was 54 years, 75% self-declared themselves black and there was a higher prevalence of individuals with low education and low income. Lamivudine and tenofovir were used by 75% of the sample. The mean TCD4 lymphocyte count was 867.8 cells/mm³. The study showed a higher prevalence of people > 50 years of age, black, with low income and low education, the most used antiretroviral therapy was Lamivudine, Tenofovir and Efavirez. The study had limitations in relation to the time of data collection and small sample. It is hoped that this research will inspire the realization of new ones to potentiate the data in relation to the theme.