Perfil das pessoas com hipertensão referida no município de Belo Vale - MG

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Several non-modifiable risk factors (sex, age and genetic factors) and behavioral (smoking, dietary habits, physical inactivity, alcohol and other drugs) may be related to arterial hypertension (AH). These factors are enhanced by socioeconomic issues, cultural and environmental. OBJECTIVE: To describe the profile of individuals with hypertension enrolled in the Family Health Strategy of the municipality of Belo Vale - MG, in 2010. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study, exploratory and descriptive about the profile of people who reported having hypertension according to data found in the Information System (SIAB) in the year 2010. RESULTS: The study revealed that the frequency of hypertension was 24.0% in people over 15 years, this frequency being higher in females. We also noticed that the age of 60 years or more showed the higher frequency of hypertension (54.7%). Among the most illiterate (54.0%) and diabetic (72.0%) had hypertension, and in these, and the highest proportion of women, 61% and 70.2%. About occupational status, 46.0% of hypertensive patients are retired and 22.8% are farmers. On the housing situation of people with hypertension: 64.0% are located in rural areas, 59.0% of households burn or bury garbage, 59.0% use the pit as a destination for the feces / urine, 87.0 % water filters at home, 63.5% of water supplies your home through a well or spring, 63.0% live in houses of brick / adobe, 37.0% of households have five or six rooms, 45, 0% of the household and consists of one to two people. The socio-cultural profile of the hypertensive patients showed that: in case of illness look first at the health units (89.0%), the most widely used means of communication is television (89.5%), the community group more visited are religious groups (56.0%) and most used means of transport is the bus (73.0%). CONCLUSION: The data showed that most hypertensive patients are women, elderly, and retired farmers and live on a small family group homes with poor sanitation. The sociocultural factors, these should be evaluated for use as a means of policy interventions in public health.