Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Prevalência da hipertensão arterial e fatores associados em idosos
2014; UNIVERSIDADE DE FORTALEZA; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5020/2729
ISSN1806-1230
AutoresAluísio Oliveira de Andrade, Maria Ísis Freire de Aguiar, Paulo César de Almeida, Emília Soares Chaves, Neria Veanne Sousa Silva Araujo, José Borba de Freitas Neto,
Tópico(s)Youth, Drugs, and Violence
ResumoObjective: To investigate the prevalence of systemic hypertension among the elderly and verify the sociodemographic profile, risk factors and complications of elderly individuals identified with hypertension. Methods: Quantitative descriptive study, performed with 220 medical records of elderly patients in a Health Center in Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil, between 2011 and 2012. By applying a structured questionnaire containing sociodemographic and clinical variables, data was collected from the medical records and Hiperdia files. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and the chi-square test was applied. Results: The prevalence of hypertension in the elderly was 51.4% (n=113; IC95%). Of these, 63.7% (n=72) were female; 64.6% (n=73) were sedentary; 52.2% (n=59) were overweight; 53.1% (n=60) had abdominal obesity; 29.2% (n=33) had diabetes; 17.7% (n=20) had comorbidities and complications; 79.6% (n=90) were found with increased blood pressure in the first consultation, and 66.6% (n=60), in the last one. Conclusion: The prevalence of hypertension was high among the elderly assessed, being higher in some subgroups: women, low level of education, and non-white. Among the most common risk factors, the sedentary lifestyle, overweight, and abdominal obesity stand out. doi:10.5020/18061230.2014.p303
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