Quality of Life and Blood Pressure Control in Patients of a Primary Care Unit in Rio de Janeiro

• Autor(a) principal: Halfoun, Vera Lúcia R. C.
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Mattos, Denise S., Aguiar, Odaleia B.
• 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/350
• topic: Quality of life; Hypertension; Primary Health Care; Qualidade de Vida; Hipertensão; Atenção Primária à Saúde

The quality of life (QL) and the blood pressure (BP) control of patients with arterial hypertension followed by two different models of health care in a primary care Unit in Rio de Janeiro were studied. A hundred and thirty-eight patients were followed up during 12 months in a primary care center. Sixty-nine were assisted in a model using an interdisciplinary approach (group A) and 69 in a model focused on medical consultation (group B). The QL was studied by the shortform health survey (SF-36) questionnaire. The Mann-Whitney test was applied to compare the scores obtained between groups and the systolic and diastolic blood pressure pre and post treatment differences ( SBP and DBP respectively) in each group. In group A, the Spearman test was used to correlate pre and post treatment BP, ?SBP and ?DBP to each QL score (p<0,05 was required). The functional capacity showed statistically the best result in the patients of group A (p=0,03), but lower scores with regard to mental health (p=0,03). The SBP dropped more significantly in group A than in group B (p<0,0001 X p<0,0003). The DBP dropped significantly only in group A (p<0,0001) Conclusion: The patients with arterial hypertension assisted in an interdisciplinary health care model showed a better response to treatment than those assisted in a conventional model, however this fact could not be related satisfactorily to a better QL