scholarly journals Conicity index in people with hypertension followed in the Brazil’s Family Health Strategy

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Carolina de Sousa ◽  
Francielle Renata Danielli Martins Marques ◽  
Graziele Adrieli Rodrigues Pires ◽  
Marcia Glaciela da Cruz Scardoelli ◽  
Anderson da Silva Rêgo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Conicity Index

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.

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

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 1030-1037 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals Lifestyle and blood pressure control in the Family Health Strategy Program, Pernambuco, Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-213
Author(s):  
Isabella Martins Barbosa da Silva Paes ◽  
Annick Fontbonne ◽  
Silvia Pereira da Silva de Carvalho Melo ◽  
Heloisa Melo Rodrigues ◽  
Eduarda Ângela Pessoa Cesse
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy

scholarly journals Blood pressure control in hypertensive patients within Family Health Program versus at Primary Healthcare Units: analytical cross-sectional study

2012 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Telma Lima Martins ◽  
Álvaro Nagib Atallah ◽  
Edina Mariko Koga da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Family Health Program ◽  
Diagnosis Of Hypertension

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Hypertension is a public health problem due to its high prevalence and long-term cardiovascular complications. In Brazil in 2005, cardiovascular diseases were responsible for 28% of all deaths. Efforts are being made within primary care to achieve adequate hypertension control. The Family Health Program (FHP) has the aims of promoting quality of life and intervening in factors that put this at risk. The objective of this study was to evaluate the rate of blood pressure control among patients followed up at FHP units compared with those at primary healthcare units (PHUs). DESIGN AND SETTING: Analytical cross-sectional study in the municipality of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, from January to December 2005. METHODS: Five hundred patients with a diagnosis of hypertension were included: 250 were being followed up at two FHP units and 250 at two PHUs. The diagnosis of hypertension was based on the Fourth Brazilian Hypertension Consensus, and the patients needed to have been under follow-up at the units for at least 12 months. Patients' blood pressure was considered to be under control if it was less than 140/90 mmHg at the last consultation. RESULTS: Blood pressure was under control in 29.2% (n = 73) at FHP units and 39.23% (n = 98) at PHUs (odds ratio = 0.64; confidence interval = 0.44-0.93; P = 0.024). CONCLUSION: Blood pressure control was better among patients followed up at PHUs than among those followed up at FHP units.

scholarly journals Screening and Brief Intervention for the use of alcohol and other drugs

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (suppl 5) ◽  
pp. 2258-2263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ângela Maria Mendes Abreu ◽  
Rafael Tavares Jomar ◽  
Gunnar Glauco de Cunto Taets ◽  
Maria Helena do Nascimento Souza ◽  
Daiane Belisário Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Screening And Brief Intervention ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Substance Involvement ◽  
Alcohol And Other Drugs

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the lifetime use of alcohol and other drugs among users of the Family Health Strategy and apply Brief Intervention to problems related to the use of these substances. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study where 1,031 users of the Family Health Strategy of the city of Rio de Janeiro answered a form with socio-demographic information and the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test. Statistical analysis with simple frequency distribution was performed. Results: the most commonly used drugs in lifetime were alcohol and tobacco; among the illegal drugs, marijuana, hypnotics and cocaine/crack stood out. Those who received most Brief Intervention were users of tobacco, hypnotics, marijuana, cocaine/crack and alcohol. Conclusion: it is important to detect early problems associated with the use of alcohol and other drugs in Primary Care, since it has the promotion/protection of health and the prevention of diseases as priority health practices.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic, Clinical Characteristics and Status of Hypertension Control among Rural Hypertensive Patients

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
NU Ahmed ◽  
M Rahman ◽  
MDU Islam ◽  
SY Ali ◽  
AM Hossain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hypertension Control ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Males And Females

Hypertension is an important independent predictor of cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular accidents and death. The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and hypertension is rapidly increasing in developing countries. A cross sectional study was conducted among 103 hypertensive patients during December 2009 to June 2010 in Goshair Hat Upazilla of Shariatpur District to determine the socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and status of control of hypertension in rural population. Respondents were distributed more or less equally among males and females. The mean ± SD and median age of the respondents were calculated as 59.97 ± 11.12 years, with 64% of them were included in the age group of 51 to 70 years. More than half of the respondents were housewives (51.5%), which were followed by businessmen (21.4%). Every three of five patients were over weight, while 22.3% respondents were obese. One third of the respondents were also diabetic (33%). None of the 103 patients had achieved the target for SBP (Systolic blood pressure) control (<140mm of Hg) and only 21.4% of the patients had achieved the target for DBP (Diastolic blood pressure) control (<90 mm of Hg). Again none of the diabetic hypertensive patients had achieved the target for SBP control (<130mm of Hg) and only one patient had achieved the target for DBP control (<80 mm of Hg). Overall five patients were found to have uncontrolled and severe hypertension (BP >180/110 mm of Hg), all of whom were female. From this study control of hypertension was found poor among rural hypertensive population. For effectively combating the burden of hypertension in this population, education and awareness about hypertension needs to be given priority. Key words: Hypertension; socio-demographic characteristics; rural area; control of blood pressure DOI: 10.3329/fmcj.v6i1.7402 Faridpur Med. Coll. J. 2011;6(1): 05-09

scholarly journals Relational technologies as instruments of care in the Family Health Strategy

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 981-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Fernandes Kerches de Abreu ◽  
Fernanda Amendola ◽  
Monica Martins Trovo
Keyword(s):  
Family Health ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Final Consideration ◽  
Basic Health Units

ABSTRACT Objective: This article aims to identify the relational technologies used by Family Health Strategy nurses in their daily work when treating patients. Method: Descriptive and cross-sectional study with qualitative approach; conducted between May and July 2015, in three Basic Health Units of the Southern Region of the Municipality of São Paulo, with 19 nurses of the Family Health Strategy. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview, and the speeches were fully transcribed and analyzed according to the technique of content analysis. Results: From the speeches of the participants, three categories emerged, showing the unawareness of the concept, but the valorization of its use; which are the relational technologies used by the participating nurses (communication, listening, empathy and welcoming reception), as well as the report of barriers to the use of relational technologies. Final consideration: Although the nurses value the use of relational technologies, the participants denoted unawareness of the nomenclature and its associated concepts, suggesting superficiality in the understanding and use of these instruments in the context of care in the Family Health Strategy.

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