Association between the dimensions of family support and qualityof-life of people living with HIV

• Published in: Mundo da saúde (1995) Vol. 44; pp. 528 - 538
• Main Authors: D´arc de Melo França, Maria Joanna, Aires de Arruda, Gustavo, Andrade, Maria Sandra, Silvestre Monteiro de Freitas, Clara Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Universitário São Camilo 01.10.2020
• Subjects: family. social support. quality-of-life. hiv
• ISSN: 0104-7809; 1980-3990
• DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.202044528538

Family support is related to better quality-of-life parameters. However, the way in which the different facets of family support affect the dimensions of quality-of-life is not well established. Thus, the objective of the present study was to verify the association between family support and the quality-of-life of people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), as well as to analyze the associations between the domains of each construct. The study had a cross-sectional design and was conducted with 296 people living with HIV from an HIV/AIDS referral clinic. The association between the quality-of-life domains and the perception of family support was verified by Binary Logistic Regression. The magnitude of the associations was presented using the odds ratio (95% confidence interval). People living with HIV who had a lower perception of family support showed a greater chance of having reduced quality-of-life, with the chances increasing from 2.10 (1.11; 3.97) to 6.20 (3.17; 12.12) times. The findings were consistent when analyzing the associations between dimensions, with the exception only of the association between family autonomy and the environmental dimension of the quality-of-life, as well as the association between the affectionate-consistent domain and the spirituality domain of quality-of-life. Therefore, the specificity of the associations between quality-of-life and family support must be considered in the care of people living with HIV, as some aspects of quality-of-life seem to benefit from specific aspects of family support.