Sentidos da espiritualidade e religiosidade no viver da pessoa idosa com síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida

Abstract

The understanding of aging in a healthy way is essential for the elderly to maintain balance and satisfaction with life. The stereotyped view of sexuality in old age can bring the false idea of asexual subjects, with denial to maintain their sexual life, leading to unsafe sexual practices, making elderly people more prone to sexually transmitted infections, among them, infection by the HIV virus. Human Immunodeficiency/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Given the importance of expanding such knowledge, the study has the following question: How is the meaning of spirituality/religiosity given in the life of elderly people with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome? To answer the question, the following objective was outlined: To reveal the meaning of spirituality/religiosity in the life of the elderly person with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. This is a phenomenological study, based on the theoretical pillars of Franklian existential analysis. The study was developed in a reference center for people with AIDS, located in the city of Salvador/Bahia. The research subjects were elderly 22 people aged 60 years or over, registered at the aforementioned center, who acquired HIV in adulthood, or after the age of 60. The collection was carried out through a phenomenological interview. The analysis of the testimonies followed the adaptation of the Vietta Model carried out by Giorgi, who defends the theoretical-methodological framework based on the Triadic, Humanist-Existential-Personalist configuration. The study was based on the guidelines established by Resolution 466/12, which regulates research involving human beings, as well as Resolution 510/16 and Resolution 580/18, which deal with the ethical principles of research with human beings, the free consent process clarified and surveys carried out in institutions that are part of the Unified Health System. The research began after approval by the Research Ethics Committee of the School of Nursing at the Federal University of Bahia under opinion 5,478,342. With the unveiling of the results, it was possible to apprehend two units of meaning: 1. Knowledge about spirituality; 2. Knowledge about religiosity; 3. Knowledge about faith; 4. What is experienced after the diagnosis of HIV; 5. Death and suicide; 6. Associated diseases; 7. Coping resources; 8. Use of cocktails and other medications; 9. Finding the meaning of spirituality/religiosity in the life of elderly people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Thus, spirituality and religiosity seem to constitute important factors that need to be considered as a possibility of entering into the intersubjectivity of what it is to be an elderly person living with HIV/AIDS.