AVALIACAO DA SAUDE CARDIOVASCULAR E DE QUALIDADE DE VIDA EM IDOSOS DE FORTALEZA-CEARA / Assessment of cardiovascular health and quality of life in elderly individuals in Fortaleza-Ceara.

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

27/02/2010

RESUMO

Cardiovascular diseases, so common in elderly people with hypertension an important health risk, call for the adoption of preventive measures and drug therapies and nonpharmacological. The objective was to examine the relationship between cardiovascular health and quality of life of elderly hypertensive patients in Fortaleza, Ceara. The study was a descriptive and analytical, cross-sectional, quantitative approach, performed at the reference to service in the municipality. The sample consisted of 250 elderly patients with clinical diagnosis of hypertension, self-reported by them and endorsed the use of antihypertensive medication, without other comorbidities that could mask the variables. Data collection was performed by a form with clinical and socio-demographic, and evaluation of the adherence of coronary risk and the application of the questionnaire of quality of life (WHOQOL). The study was approved by the Ethics in Research of the State University of Ceara in opinion No. 264,718. The results in the socio economic profile showed that females predominated in all age groups, and markedly among the younger elderly. The highest frequency was among those who were married, with up to eight years of formal education, retired due to age and with an income of up to one minimum wage. In the clinical and epidemiological profile there was higher incidence of obesity in women, hypertensive patients in treatment with altered blood pressure levels, those with a history of hospitalization, development of complications and difficulty in adhering to non-medicated treatment. Regarding adherence, coronary risk and overall quality of life, it was observed that the vast majority were categorized as nonadherent, with coronary risk and a variable average of quality of life in four areas. About the existence of an association between socio-economic and clinical epidemiological variables stipulated in this study, with coronary risk, therapeutical adherence and the quality of life of elderly patients with hypertension, statistical significance was only found in the intersecting/ overlapping of the existence of adherence to optimal or normal blood pressure, and between the change of blood pressure level and the presence of coronary risk. It was concluded that there was an association between blood pressure level, adherence to treatment and coronary risk. There were no significant associations with quality of life.

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qualidade de vida idosos hipertensão saude publica quality of life hypertension elderly

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