Associação entre percepção de doença e ansiedade, depressão e autoeficácia em pessoas com HIV/Aids / Association between illness perception and anxiety, depression and self-efficacy in people with HIV/AIDS / Asociación entre la percepción de la enfermedad y la ansiedad, la depresión y la auto-eficacia en las personas con VIH/SIDA
The illness perception of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is an important variable, poorly studied worldwide. The aimed was investigate the association between illness perception and anxiety, depression and self-efficacy in people living with HIV/AIDS. The sample consisted of 28 PLWHA, that responded to sociodemographic and medical-clinical questionnaires, Brief Illness PerceptionQuestionnaire (Brief IPQ), HospitalAnxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Self-efficacy for Following Anti-retroviral Prescription Scale. The authors conducted statistical analyzes of the data, been carried Spearman correlation tests. Was observed a statistically significant positive correlation between illness perception and anxiety (r = .64; p <.01) and depression (r = .68; p <.01). Has also identified a statistically significant negative correlation between self-efficacy and illness perception (r = -.41; p <.05), suggesting that the higher self-efficacy perceived for adhere to antiretroviral drugs, larger perception of threat posed by the disease. It was concluded that there is an association between illness perception and psychological variables (anxiety, depression and self-efficacy) in PLWHA.