The profile of hypertensive patients related to awareness and level of hypertension
We interviewed 205 hypertensives to characterize social demographic data, life style, history and awareness of hypertension. Most patients were female (72%), white (63%), over 40 years old (78%), married (60%), and had low level of education (68%). Their family income was lower than US$ 3000 a year...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/41188 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/reeusp/article/view/41188 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Hipertensão pressão arterial Perfil dos hipertensos Hypertension blood pressure Profile of hypertensive |
| Resumo: | We interviewed 205 hypertensives to characterize social demographic data, life style, history and awareness of hypertension. Most patients were female (72%), white (63%), over 40 years old (78%), married (60%), and had low level of education (68%). Their family income was lower than US$ 3000 a year (41%). In terms of weight, 75% were classified as overweight, 76% were non smoker, and 89% did not do any regular physical activity. The profile of the hypertensives who were unaware of the disease was: male, 20-40 years old, widow, not white, and non-obese. The profile of the hypertensives who had high level of hypertension (diastólic>; 110 mm Hg) was older than 60 years old, not married, overweight, low level of education, low income, with more than 5 years of hypertension, and previously treated. |
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