Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the profile of women with HIV/AIDS and their adherence to treatment in a reference service in a municipality of Pernambuco. Methods: This is a descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional study between January 2014 and December 2017. Initially there was a list of 2,100 HIV/AIDS-infected patients. Women were selected, the object of the study, totaling 211 carriers of this pathology. Of course, 12 patients were not included in the study because they were under 18 years of age, with 199 remaining the number of participants in this study. Of these,14 did not adhere to treatment, 9 gave up treatment and 4 were diagnosed but did not want to adhere to treatment, according to medical records. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee with an opinion number of 1,868,426. Results: The mean age of the women in the study was between 30 and 39 years, half studied until elementary school (59.8%), declare themselves brown (64.3%) and were single (56.8%). The main form of acquisition of the infection was by sexual intercourse (69.8%). Conclusion: The identification of the profile and specificities of this study population allows the creation of action plans and targeted policies, aiming to obtain improvement in treatment adherence, which can generate a reduction in the costs and benefits of this clientele.