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 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.

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