Study of quality of life of elderly hypertensive registered in the Family Health Unit Bongi Boa Ideia/Recife/Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Silva,Alamisne Gomes da
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Junior,André Amílcar Fonseca Pereira, Siqueira,Anne Evely Oliveira, Zózimo,Juliana Pina, Silva,Natália Freire da, Ferreira,Kildery Eduardo Tenório, Leal,Leila Bastos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/154
• topic: Elderly health, systemic hypertension, quality of life.

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> The control of high blood pressure, its appropriate treatment and the implementation of specific actions regarding the health care, are important items for the quality of life improvement concerning elderly people. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of elderly people registered in USF Bongi Boa Ideia, microregion 5.1, Sanitary District V in Recife - Pernambuco, collecting data in order to build multidisciplinary solutions to control and prevent hypertension.<br> <b>MATERIAL AND METHODS:</b> It was done a quantitative, cross-sectional and descriptive study to evaluate the quality of life, socioeconomic status and cultural profile of these individuals, it was used both questionnaires: the MINICHAL and a semi-structured. A hundred elderly patients with diagnosis of hypertension participated in this study. The following variables were analyzed: gender, age, marital status, education level, financial income, physical activities, use of alcohol and leisure.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> In a sample of 56 men and 44 women with an average age of 72-98, it was possible to observe that married elderly, with higher educational level, financial income greater than - or equal - to the minimum wage, practitioners of physical activities and with some kind of leisure activity, presented higher quality of life indexes when compared with the opposite universe.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> Relating the socioeconomic status, cultural factors and the quality of life of elderly people, it was concluded that is necessary to create new health policies in order to interfere in the daily life of the elderlies, aiming an improvement of the quality of life for elderly people with hypertension through non-medicated measures.</p>