Re-signifying HIV through exercise: from death sentence stigma to healthy self-perception

Figures & data

Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical profile description.

Interview	Age	Sex	Marital Status	Education Level	Years After Diagnosis	Social Support	HIV Classification	Comorbidities	Does PA	Type of PA	Volume (min/w)
1	30	M	Single	Highschool	10	Partner	A3	High blood pressure, psychiatric unknown	Yes	Mixed	600 Intermittent
2	56	M	Unión libre	Technician	4	Family and partner	A3	No	Yes	Aerobic	60–120
3	53	F	Single	Professional	9	Family	AIDS	Breast cancer	Yes	Aerobic	360
4	42	M	Single	Highschool	18	Family	Unknown	High blood pressure	No	N/A	N/A
5	51	F	Unión libre	Elementary School	5	Family	Unknown	Hypothyroidism, cerebral toxoplasmosis	Yes	Mobility, physical rehabilitation	360
6	56	M	Single	Highschool	10	No	AIDS	Toxoplasmosis, high blood pressure	Yes	Mixed	360
7	32	M	Unión libre	Technician	6	Partner	Unknown	Advanced chronic insomnia	Yes	Aerobic	30
8	40	M	Unión Libre	Technician	23	Family and partner	Unknown	Dyslipidemia	Yes	Mixed	105
9	49	M	Married	PhD	26	Family	AIDS	Bipolar disorder	No	N/A	N/A
10	43	M	Single	Professional	14	Family	AIDS	Hepatitis C, neurosyphilis	Yes	Strength	600
11	37	M	Unión Libre	Specialist	6	Family and partner	Unknown	High blood pressure, anxiety and depression, chronic ulcerative colitis, obesity	Yes	Mixed	150
12	52	M	Single	Highschool	3	Family	Unknown	No	Yes	Aerobic	30
13	57	F	Single	Highschool	14	Family	AIDS	High blood pressure	Yes	Aerobic and yoga	360
14	56	M	Single	Technician	21	Family	Unknown	Diabetes	Yes	Aerobic	1200
15	29	M	Single	Postgraduate	7	Friends, partner and foundation	B1	Depression and anxiety	Yes	Mixed	150
16	35	F	Unión Libre	Technician	15	Foundation and partner	AIDS	No	Yes	Yoga	120
17	24	F	Single	Professional	1	Foundation	Unknown	No	No	N/A	N/A
18	35	M	Single	Technologist	4	Family, friends and foundation	A2	No	Yes	Mixed	180
19	44	M	Single	Professional	8	Family and foundation	AIDS	No	No	N/A	N/A
20	31	M	Single	Professional	1	Family, partner and foundation	Unknown	No	Yes	Aerobic	300
21	48	F	Single	Professional	25	Family, friends and foundation	A1	No	Yes	Mixed	360

F: Female; M: Male; min/w: minutes/week; Union Libre: marital status that implies more than two years of living together.

Figure 1. Abstraction levels of open, axial and selective coding.

Figure 2. Social basic process of re-signifying HIV and its relation with exercise.