Introduction:

There are currently 34.0 million patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide. In Latin America, an estimated 1.6 million patients live with the virus. Objective: To identify nursing diagnosis within the domain of perception by NANDA-International and to analyze the association between the most frequent diagnosis cases and their defining characteristics, related factors/risk in people living with AIDS. Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted on 113 people living with AIDS in a hospital for infectious diseases. The data was collected through a history of nursing reports and physical examination. The diagnoses were performed in view of the procedure, following the steps of the Risner clinical trial. For the association of the variables, we used the chi-square and Fisher's exact tests. Results: We identified 11 nursing diagnoses, the most frequent were: alteration of body image; the risk of human dignity in question; situational low self-esteem; despair; chronic low self-esteem. In general, the defining characteristics and diagnostic factors were significantly associated. Conclusions: The study was corroborated for the identification of nursing diagnoses related to its components in the clientele.

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