Association between cardiovascular diseases and signs/symptoms of climacteric in women treated at a Basic Health Unit

• Autor(a) principal: Vargas, Brenda Ramos de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Burg, Maria Renita, Santos, Ana Maria Pujol Vieira dos, Morgan-Martins, Maria Isabel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Kairós (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/51551
• topic: Menopausa; doenças cardiovasculares; qualidade de vida; Menopausa; Doenças cardiovasculares; Qualidade de Vida; Menopause; Cardiovascular Diseases; Quality of Life; Menopause; Cardiovascular Diseases; Quality of Life; Menopausia; Enfermedades cardiovasculares; Calidad de vida; Menopausia; Enfermedades cardiovasculares; Calidad de vida

The present study aimed to evaluate the association of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in women during the climacteric / menopause period of a Basic Health Unit in the city of Canoas / RS, Brazil. This study is descriptive and exploratory. Data collection took place after the project was approved by the Ethics Committee (CAAE 86378818.1.0000.5349). All participants signed the Free and Informed Consent Form (ICF). The instruments used were: the sociodemographic questionnaire; the questionnaire validated for Portuguese “Menopause Rating Scale (MRS)” and three open questions that questioned whether they used medications and whether they were used continuously, as well as whether they had cardiovascular disease and their perception of the climacteric / menopause phase. Associations were analyzed using Spearman's correlation test, with a significance level of 5% (p <0.05) and using the SPSS version 21.0 program. Regarding the sociodemographic results of the sample, the average age of women was 53.3 ± 8.2, of these 99 (48.5%) have primary education, only 98 (48.0%) work and 196 (96.0) %) of these women have children. The percentage of women treated for cardiovascular disease was 42.16%. The prevalent CVDs with diagnosis were angina, dyslipidemia, heart failure and hypertension. Estrogen deficiency is still little discussed today, being only one cycle in the life of women, but it triggers morphological and physiological changes and interferes with the cardiovascular system. For this reason, this topic deserves special attention from public policies.