Factors associated with systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus in the population served by the Vozes das Ruas Project in Jundiaí

• Autor(a) principal: Pires, Lucas Castro
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Marçola, Lucas Gabricio, Siqueira, João Paulo Bartolo de, Vieira, Natália Arthur, Jorge, Raissa Alves, Barbosa, Adriano Pires, Batista, Marília Jesus
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/2986
• topic: Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Noncommunicable Diseases, Epidemiology;; Hipertensão, Diabetes Mellitus, Doenças não Transmissíveis, Epidemiologia;; Hipertensión, Diabetes Mellitus, Enfermedades no Transmisibles, Epidemiología

Introduction: Chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) — including diabetes mellitus (DM) and systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) — are responsible for most of the worldwide deaths today, and the identification of associated factors is an essential tool for their prevention and health promotion strategies. Objective: To determine the prevalence of SAH and DM in the adult population served by Projeto Vozes das Ruas (PVR) in Jundiaí, SP, Brazil and associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from March to November 2019, with a sample of adults over 18 years of age, participating in PVR's health promotion actions in 2019, which consisted in the application of a sociodemographic and health behavior questionnaire, evaluation of capillary glucose, blood pressure, weight, height and waist circumference and subsequent health counseling. Descriptive analysis of the data was performed to determine the association of the outcomes DM and SAH with independent variables. A chi-square test was carried out and variables with p<0.20 were included in multivariate logistic regression (p<0.05). Results: The sample consisted of 50% females with an average age of 48.56 years. The self-reported prevalence of DM was 16.2% and SAH 30.2%, with a relationship between them. The common associated factors were: age group over 39 years and continuous-use medications. Associated with DM were family history of DM, use of basic health unit and smoking history. In relation to SAH the associations were less than eight years of schooling, overweight and obesity and smoking. Conclusions: In the population studied, there was a high prevalence of two of the main NCDs, SAH and DM, which presented risk factors of extreme relevance for the planning of health promotion and disease prevention strategies.