PERCEPCION DE RIESGO Y GRAVEDAD DE COVID-19 EN PERSONAS QUE VIVEN CON VIH/SIDA EN COCHABAMBA
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Introducción: La pandemia del Covid-19 es un problema de Salud Pública, que afecta en mayor medida a personas de mayor vulnerabilidad, como son las personas con VIH/sida; para conocer su comportamiento y mejorar las estrategias de prevención y control es necesario evaluar la percepción de riesgo y de gravedad que tienen. Objetivo: Determinar la percepción de riesgo y gravedad ante el Covid-19 en personas que viven con VIH y que realizan controles en el Centro Departamental de Vigilancia, Información y Referencia (CDVIR) de la ciudad de Cochabamba. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio cuantitativo, transversal, la muestra estuvo conformada por 327 personas que viven con VIH que acudieron a consulta al CDVIR entre mayo y junio del 2021. Se aplicó una encuesta con preguntas de percepción de riesgo y de gravedad extraídas de la encuesta "Covid-19: Orientación y Herramienta para hacer encuestas" elaborada por la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, con 7 respuestas del 1 al 7 en la escala de Likert y con un Alfa de Cronbach de 0,92. Resultados: El 39 % de las personas con VIH/sida presenta una inadecuada percepción de riesgo y de gravedad, con asociación estadísticamente significativa con la edad (p=0,00l), el nivel de escolaridad (p=0,05) y presencia de comorbilidades (p=0,0006). Conclusiones: La percepción riesgo y de gravedad inadecuada ante el COVID-19, se da sobre todo entre los más jóvenes, con menor nivel educativo y sin presencia de comorbilidades, lo que podría dificultar las acciones de prevención para disminuir la transmisión del Covid-19 en estas personas.
Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic is a Public Health problem, which affects people with vulnerability, such as people with HIV/AIDS, in order to know their behavior and improve prevention and control strategies, it is necessary to evaluate the perception of risk and severity they have. Objective: To determine the perception of risk and severity of Covid-19 in people living with HIV and who attends to medical controls at the Departmental Center for Surveillance, Information and Reference (CDVIR) of the city of Cochabamba. Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative study was carried out between 327 people living with HIV who attended the CDVIR between May and June 2021. A survey was applied with risk perception and severity questions taken from the survey "Covid-19: Guidance and Survey Tool" prepared by the Pan American Health Organization, with 7 responses from 1 to 7 on the Likert scale, with 0.92 Cronbach's Alpha. Results: 39% of people with HIV / AIDS have an inadequate perception of risk and severity, with a statistically significant association with age (p = 0.001), level of education (p = 0.05) and presence of comorbidities (p = 0.0006). Conclusions: The inadequate perception of risk and severity in front of COVID-19, occurs especially among the youngest, with a lower educational level and without the presence of comorbidities, which could hinder prevention actions to avoid the spread of Covid-19 in these people..
Introduction: The Covid-19 pandemic is a Public Health problem, which affects people with vulnerability, such as people with HIV/AIDS, in order to know their behavior and improve prevention and control strategies, it is necessary to evaluate the perception of risk and severity they have. Objective: To determine the perception of risk and severity of Covid-19 in people living with HIV and who attends to medical controls at the Departmental Center for Surveillance, Information and Reference (CDVIR) of the city of Cochabamba. Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative study was carried out between 327 people living with HIV who attended the CDVIR between May and June 2021. A survey was applied with risk perception and severity questions taken from the survey "Covid-19: Guidance and Survey Tool" prepared by the Pan American Health Organization, with 7 responses from 1 to 7 on the Likert scale, with 0.92 Cronbach's Alpha. Results: 39% of people with HIV / AIDS have an inadequate perception of risk and severity, with a statistically significant association with age (p = 0.001), level of education (p = 0.05) and presence of comorbidities (p = 0.0006). Conclusions: The inadequate perception of risk and severity in front of COVID-19, occurs especially among the youngest, with a lower educational level and without the presence of comorbidities, which could hinder prevention actions to avoid the spread of Covid-19 in these people..
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Vol. 25, No. 2