PREVALÊNCIA DE HIPERTENSÃO ARTERIAL E FATORES ASSOCIADOS NA POPULAÇÃO DE MILITARES DE SANTA MARIA- RS

• Autor(a) principal: Tadielo, Dâniele Giacomelli
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional Universidade Franciscana
• Texto Completo: http://www.tede.universidadefranciscana.edu.br:8080/handle/UFN-BDTD/1037
• topic: Exército Brasileiro; Pressão Arterial; Fatores de Risco.; Brazilian Army; Blood Pressure; Risk Factors.; Ciências da Saúde e da Vida

Systemic Arterial Hypertension is a chronic, non-communicable disease, characterized by sustained elevation of blood pressure, that is, systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mmHg and/or diastolic pressure greater than or equal to 90 mmHg. Being considered, a multifactorial clinical condition, generally associated with metabolic disorders, genetic, environmental and social factors. Within the Armed Forces, as well as in the population in general, there is a concern with the development of chronic diseases. The absence of studies that address aspects related to arterial hypertension in soldiers in the southern region of Brazil led to an investigation of their current situation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Hypertension and associated factors in the population of Military Personnel from the Brazilian Army of the Garrison of Santa Maria-RS. Cross-sectional study of quantitative character, descriptive - exploratory. Sample of 234 soldiers, of both sexes, from the 29th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Logistics Battalion and the 1st Combat Vehicle Regiment, from the Military Organizations of the Brazilian Army of Rio Grande do Sul, from Santa Maria/RS, in the period of June to November 2019. Data collection was carried out through a sociodemographic questionnaire, anthropometric assessment (weight, height, waist circumference), blood pressure measurement and analysis of electronic medical records for data collection of biochemical tests. The classification of blood pressure adopted was recommended by the 8th Brazilian Guidelines on Arterial Hypertension and, subsequently, for the assessment of sociodemographic, anthropometric and food consumption characteristics of the military, the sample was dichotomized into non-hypertensive patients (optimal, normal and pre-HAS blood pressure) and hypertensive (systemic arterial hypertension I, II and III). The presence of systemic arterial pre-hypertension (40.2%) was more frequent among the evaluation of 234 soldiers. The average age of those evaluated was 35.3 ± 8.8 years, most were male (94.9%), married (76.1%), without children (39.3%), living accompanied (88 .0%), with complete higher education (55.1%), in the public position (82.5%), and performing bureaucratic activity (52.1%). Systemic Arterial Hypertension was more frequent among soldiers who lived together (P=0.009). Anthropometric evaluation showed that hypertensive individuals had higher weight (P=0.040) and waist circumference (P=0.031) measurements. With results similar to those of other Brazilian studies, the prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension was high in the investigated sample, and the presence of systemic arterial prehypertension was the most frequent among the assessed military personnel. In addition, the results indicate that anthropometric and lifestyle factors are related to the occurrence of SAH, in which weight, having a high waist circumference, living together and being a smoker were considered risk situations for hypertension, where both the values of diastolic and systolic blood pressure are elevated.