Caracterização da avaliação da pressão arterial em idosos, estilo de vida e adesão ao tratamento

Abstract

Hypertension, the insidious and chronic disease, is of high social cost and represents one of the major causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in Brazil. The same is an HA problem, a large number of patients with this disease is not under treatment and control. Like this, the aim of this study was to characterize lifestyle and adherence to treatment in long - lived patients with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH). This is a prospective, cross-sectional, population-based, exploratory, quantitative study. A total of 235 elderly people from the city of Barra do Garças, MT, were evaluated through a series of questionnaires related to adherence to treatment and questions about personal data, family, health conditions and lifestyle. The prevalence of hypertension in women aged 60-69 years, married, religious, with low level of schooling, had a family income of up to one minimum wage and a high prevalence of medication use. The lifestyle is evidenced by the practice of physical exercises and participation of leisure activity. It was certified that the elderly interviewed complied with adherence to treatment and healthy habits, which leads to an improvement in quality of life.