Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness and Blood Pressure Control in Matao, Brazil: A Pilot Study in Partnership With the Brazilian Family Health Strategy Program

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the conicity index in people with hypertension followed in the Brazil’s Family Health Strategy. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in a medium-sized municipality located in the state of Paraná. Data collection took place in the first semester of 2016. using an adapted and validated instrument. which addresses attributes of Primary Health Care. Sociodemographic and anthropometric variables and blood pressure were used in the study. The analysis of variance and linear regression was used to analyze the variables. Results: a total of 417 people participated in the study. most were women. elderly. married. with less than eight years of education and retired. Conicity index was prevalent in most of the study population. being significantly associated with the group of people with inadequate blood pressure control and high anthropometric parameters. Conclusions: most of the study participants had altered conicity index. especially those with inadequate blood pressure control.

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Adherence of hypertension patients in the Brazil’s Family Health Strategy

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0297 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (3) ◽

pp. 1030-1037 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anderson da Silva Rêgo ◽

Cremilde Aparecida Trindade Radovanovic

Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Blood Pressure Control ◽

Family Health ◽

Pressure Control ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Health Strategy ◽

Family Health Strategy ◽

Northwest Region

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the adherence and associate it to blood pressure control and to follow-up observation of people with hypertension in the Brazil’s Family Health Strategy. Method: cross-sectional study, conducted with 417 people in treatment of hypertension, living in a municipality located in the Northwest region of the state of Paraná, Brazil. The data were collected in the first 2016 semester, using an instrument adapted and validated for the evaluation of satisfaction with the services offered by Primary Health Care. Analysis of variance and the logistic regression model were used for the treatment of variables. Results: it was evidenced that people with inadequate follow-up observation evaluate the relations between professional/user and the guidance to the medications used as unsatisfactory. Conclusion: weak guidelines and ineffective dialogue between health professionals and users might result in an inadequate follow-up observation of blood pressure control and of people with hypertension.

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Risk factor control in hypertensive and diabetic subjects attended by the Family Health Strategy in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil: the SERVIDIAH study

Cadernos de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s0102-311x2013000600016 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 1195-1204 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Annick Fontbonne ◽

Eduarda Ângela Pessoa Cesse ◽

Islândia Maria Carvalho de Sousa ◽

Wayner Vieira de Souza ◽

Vera Lúcia de Vasconcelos Chaves ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Family Health ◽

Pressure Control ◽

Structured Interview ◽

The State ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Health Strategy ◽

Family Health Strategy ◽

Hba1c Levels

The SERVIDIAH study (Evaluation of Health Services for Diabetic and Hypertensive Subjects) was conducted in 2010 in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. A multi-stage random sample of 785 hypertensive and 823 diabetic patients was drawn from 208 Family Health Strategy (FHS) units selected throughout 35 municipalities. Patients underwent a structured interview and weight, height, blood pressure and HbA1c levels (for diabetic patients) were measured. Mean age was approximately 60 years, and women were overrepresented in the sample (70%). 43.7% of hypertensive subjects and 25.8% of diabetic subjects achieved adequate blood pressure control and 30.5% of diabetic subjects had HbA1c levels below 7%. Despite 70% of the patients being overweight or obese, few had adhered to a weight-loss diet. The study of this representative sample of hypertensive and diabetic patients attended by the FHS in the State of Pernambuco shows that improvements in the management of hypertension and diabetes are needed in order to prevent the occurrence of serious and costly complications, especially given the context of increasing incidence of these two conditions.

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