SciELO Brasil www.scielo.br/rlae WOMEN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE: ADHERENCE TO CHEMOPREVENTION OF HIV1

This study aimed to investigate the adherence of women victims of sexual violence, to AIDS chemoprevention treatment. A quantitative study was carried out at a care service to victims of sexual violence in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil). Study participants were 172 women. Data were collected through interviews with forms and consultation of patient files. The results showed that 45.4 % of the abused women were teenagers and 40.7 % of the attended women were raped. Only 54 % of the women were advised to use antiretrovirals to prevent HIV. Adherence to treatment occurred in 57.4 % of cases and discontinuity corresponded to 42.6%. Non-adherence to treatment was attributed to psychological or emotional disorders and non-understanding of the established treatment. Therefore, it is important that professionals pay careful attention in order to perceive the conditions that might increase women’s vulnerability to the infection. DESCRIPTORS: women; violence; chemoprevention MUJERES VÍCTIMAS DE LA VIOLÊNCIA SEXUAL: ADHESIÓN A LA QUIMIOPROFILAXIA DEL HIV La finalidad de este estudio fue investigar si las mujeres víctimas de violencia sexual adhieren o no al uso de medicamentos para prevención del HIV. Fue realizado un estudio cuantitativo en un servicio de atención a personas sexualmente violentadas, ubicado en Salvador (Bahía, Brasil). Participaron del estudio 172 mujeres