Acessibilidade / Reportar erro

Self-inflicted violence and suicide in people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

Violencia autoinfligida y suicidio en personas que viven con VIH/SIDA: una revisión sistemática

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to analyze intellectual productions on self-inflicted violence and suicide in people living with HIV/AIDS.

Methods:

a systematic review, carried out between March and April 2021, in the PubMed®/MEDLINE®, Web of Science and LILACS databases, subsidized in the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology. The period outlined was from 2011 to 2020.

Results:

a total of 199 studies were identified, and 16 composed the final sample, grouped into the categories: Sociodemographic characteristics of victims of self-inflicted violence/suicide and their intervening factors (pointing to young adults, especially homosexuals, with low social support and a history of mental illness or substance abuse as usual victims); Successful measures for suicide prevention/control in people living with HIV/AIDS (suggesting more frequent psychosocial and clinical follow-up of those starting antiretroviral and immunocompromised treatment).

Conclusions:

biopsychosocial follow-up, analysis of sociodemographic profile and intervening factors should be frequent in this population for disease prevention/control.

Descriptors:
HIV; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Violence; Suicide; Systematic Review

Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem SGA Norte Quadra 603 Conj. "B" - Av. L2 Norte 70830-102 Brasília, DF, Brasil, Tel.: (55 61) 3226-0653, Fax: (55 61) 3225-4473 - Brasília - DF - Brazil
E-mail: reben@abennacional.org.br