Knowledge of elderly participants in character centers about hiv/aids ; Conocimiento de participantes mayores en centros de personajes sobre vih/sida ; Conhecimento de idosos participantes de centros de convivência acerca do hiv/aids

To evaluate the knowledge of elderly participants in community centers about HIV/AIDS. Cross-sectional and analytical study, carried out with elderly aged 50 years and over, participating in two social centers located in Brazil. Data collection took place in 2017, and a questionnaire was used for sociodemographic variables and the HIV questionnaire for the elderly. Associations were verified using the Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests. Results: 37 people participated and the female gender predominated. The concept, transmission, prevention and vulnerability domains presented a satisfactory evaluation in their entirety. Regarding treatment, many believe in curing the disease. A significant association was identified between the variable sex and sexual activity (p=0.002), age variable and the concept domains (p=0.045), transmission (p=0.031) and prevention (p=0.017). The variable condom use was associated with the transmission domain (p=0.036), and the sexual activity variable was associated with the transmission (p=0.054) and vulnerability (p=0.034) domains. Knowledge was unsatisfactory in terms of transmission and vulnerability, and satisfactory in relation to the other domains of the questionnaire. ; Evaluar el conocimiento de los participantes de edad avanzada en centros comunitarios sobre el VIH / SIDA. Estudio transversal y analítico, realizado con adultos mayores de 50 años, que participan en dos centros sociales ubicados en Brasil. La recopilación de datos tuvo lugar en 2017, y se utilizó un cuestionario para variables sociodemográficas y el cuestionario de VIH para ancianos. Las asociaciones se verificaron utilizando las pruebas exactas de Chi-cuadrado y Fisher. Participaron 37 personas y predominó el género femenino. Los dominios de concepto, transmisión, prevención y vulnerabilidad presentaron una evaluación satisfactoria en su totalidad. Respecto al tratamiento, muchos creen en curar la enfermedad. Se identificó una asociación significativa entre la variable sexo y actividad sexual (p=0.002), ...