Sentido da vida, percepção ontológica do tempo e atitude religiosa em gestantes com HIV/AIDS

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the ontological perception of time, religious attitude and the meaning of life in pregnant women with HIV/AIDS. The research was carried out at the specialized maternal and child care service at the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba. Participate of the study 33 pregnant women over 18 years of age infected with HIV / AIDS virus. The following questionnaires were used for the data collection: Sense of Life Questionnaire, Socio- demographic Questionnaire Scales of Religious Attitude, Ontological Perception Scale of Time. Affirmative connections of the meaning of life between the perception of the present and the religious attitude were proven, indicating with precision the behavior [t (31) = 2.3; p < .02] and the religious corporeity [t (31) = 2.88; p < .01]. It is concluded that religiosity exerts an important factor as a search for confrontation in the health / disease process.