Multimorbidity and health care of community health workers in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 2019: a cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Haysla Xavier
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Siqueira, Jordana Herzog, Oliveira, Ana Maria Abreu de, Jesus, Hanna Carolina de, Pereira, Taísa Sabrina Silva, Sichieri, Rosely, Mill, José Geraldo, Molina, Maria del Carmen Bisi
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/3511
• topic: Agentes Comunitários de Saúde; Multimorbidade; Estado Nutricional; Doença Crônica; Estilo de Vida; Estudos Transversais; Community Health Workers; Multimorbidity; Nutritional Status; Chronic Disease; Life Style; Cross-sections Studies; Agentes Comunitarios de Salud; Multimorbilidad; Estado Nutricional; Enfermedad Crónica; Estilo de Vida; Estudios Transversales

Objective: To evaluate health conditions, health care and life habits of community health workers (CHW) in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study of baseline data from an intervention study. Biochemical, anthropometric, hemodynamic examinations were carried out and an interview was conducted between October/2018 and March/2019 in Vitória. Appropriate statistical tests, according to the sample design, were performed using SPSS software version 21.0, adopting p<0.05. Results: Evaluated 262 CHW with a mean age of 46.1±9.3 years. High prevalence of pre-diabetes(22.9%), diabetes mellitus (17.2%), hypertension (37,0%), obesity (39.8%), hypercholesterolemia (57.3%), hypertriglyceridemia (27.1%), multimorbidity (40.8%), physical inactivity (60.9%) and use of anxiolytics/ antidepressants (22.5%). About 40% of CHW had three or more morbidities. Conclusion: High percentages of chronic diseases, multimorbidity, sedentary lifestyle and use of anxiolytics/antidepressants were observed in CHW in Vitória.