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- Title
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC, CLINICAL AND ADDITIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROFILE OF HYPERTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS.
- Authors
Toledo Mendonça, Erica; Copati Almeida, Ligiane; Fani Amaro, Marilane de Oliveira; Moreira, Tiago Ricardo; Soares Diogo, Nádia Aparecida; Lanes Ribeiro, Rita de Cássia
- Abstract
Objective: identifying the additional cardiovascular, clinical and socio-demographic profile of individuals with hypertension. Method: a descriptive study, with the use of conglomerate sampling and in domicile, whose sample included the participation of 143 individuals in the municipality of Viçosa, MG. The research project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee, Protocol 048/2012/CEPSH. Results: there was a higher prevalence of hypertension among individuals understood in the age group lesser than 60 years old, followed by contingent with 71 years old or over; the variable gender, 74,1% of participants were female; 58% of respondents were retired and 70,56% of respondents contained in the classification with high or very high cardiovascular risk Conclusion: this study showed that the additional cardiovascular risk classification was more sensitive to categorize and classify hypertensive patients that classification of Framingham cardiovascular risk.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HYPERTENSION epidemiology; BLOOD pressure; BLOOD sugar; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; COMMUNITY health workers; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; ETHNIC groups; HEALTH status indicators; INTERVIEWING; MARITAL status; RESEARCH methodology; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; WAIST-hip ratio; DATA analysis software; WAIST circumference; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CLUSTER sampling
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2015, Vol 9, Issue 12, p1182
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.8127-71183-1-SM.0912201517