Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic

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Autor(a) principal: Busnello, Renné Gusmão
Data de Publicação: 2001
Outros Autores: Melchior, Raquel, Faccin, Carlo Sasso, Vettori, Daniela Vanessa, Petter, Juliano Gueno, Moreira, Leila Beltrami, Fuchs, Flávio Danni
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
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Resumo: Objective - To determine the characteristics associated with the dropout of patients followed up in a Brazilian out patient clinic specializing in hypertension. Methods - Planned prospective cohort study of patients who were prescribed an antihypertensive treatment after an extensive initial evaluation. The following parameters were analyzed: sex, age, educational level, duration of disease, pressure level used for classifying the patient, previous treatment, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, familial history of hypertension, and lesion in a target organ. Results – We studied 945 hypertensive patients, 533 (56%) of whom dropped out of the follow-up. The mean age was 52.3±12.9 years. The highest probabilities of dropout of the follow-up were associated with current smoking, relative risk of 1.46 (1.04-2.06); educational level equal to or below 5 years of schooling, relative risk of 1.52 (1.11-2.08); and hypertension duration below 5 years, relative risk of 1.78 (1.28- 2.48). Age increase was associated with a higher probability of follow-up with a relative risk of 0.98 (0.97-0.99). Conclusion – We identified a group at risk for dropping out the follow-up, which comprised patients with a lower educational level, a recent diagnosis of hypertension, and who were smokers. We think that measures assuring adherence to treatment should be directed to this group of patients.
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spelling Busnello, Renné GusmãoMelchior, RaquelFaccin, Carlo SassoVettori, Daniela VanessaPetter, Juliano GuenoMoreira, Leila BeltramiFuchs, Flávio Danni2010-04-16T09:10:20Z20010066-782Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10183/19518000327024Objective - To determine the characteristics associated with the dropout of patients followed up in a Brazilian out patient clinic specializing in hypertension. Methods - Planned prospective cohort study of patients who were prescribed an antihypertensive treatment after an extensive initial evaluation. The following parameters were analyzed: sex, age, educational level, duration of disease, pressure level used for classifying the patient, previous treatment, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, familial history of hypertension, and lesion in a target organ. Results – We studied 945 hypertensive patients, 533 (56%) of whom dropped out of the follow-up. The mean age was 52.3±12.9 years. The highest probabilities of dropout of the follow-up were associated with current smoking, relative risk of 1.46 (1.04-2.06); educational level equal to or below 5 years of schooling, relative risk of 1.52 (1.11-2.08); and hypertension duration below 5 years, relative risk of 1.78 (1.28- 2.48). Age increase was associated with a higher probability of follow-up with a relative risk of 0.98 (0.97-0.99). Conclusion – We identified a group at risk for dropping out the follow-up, which comprised patients with a lower educational level, a recent diagnosis of hypertension, and who were smokers. We think that measures assuring adherence to treatment should be directed to this group of patients.application/pdfengArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia. São Paulo. Vol. 76, n. 5 (maio 2001), p. 352-354.FarmacologiaHipertensãoPacientes desistentes do tratamentoSystemic hypertensionDropoutTreatmentCharacteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinicCaracterísticas associadas ao abandono do acompanhamento de pacientes hipertensos atendidos em um ambulatório de referência info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/otherinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRGSinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSORIGINAL000327024.pdf000327024.pdfTexto completo (inglês)application/pdf406271http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/19518/1/000327024.pdf12a37c0b7b41f4657aceb88b8e02bf59MD51TEXT000327024.pdf.txt000327024.pdf.txtExtracted Texttext/plain14678http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/19518/2/000327024.pdf.txt4d56d06b8d4e922a9244f9c6eed2abfaMD52THUMBNAIL000327024.pdf.jpg000327024.pdf.jpgGenerated Thumbnailimage/jpeg2087http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/19518/3/000327024.pdf.jpg5b37c0b4570e2f105384c70929681b79MD5310183/195182023-06-25 03:44:59.612263oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/19518Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttps://lume.ufrgs.br/oai/requestlume@ufrgs.bropendoar:2023-06-25T06:44:59Repositório Institucional da UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false
dc.title.pt_BR.fl_str_mv Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
dc.title.alternative.en.fl_str_mv Características associadas ao abandono do acompanhamento de pacientes hipertensos atendidos em um ambulatório de referência
title Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
spellingShingle Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
Busnello, Renné Gusmão
Farmacologia
Hipertensão
Pacientes desistentes do tratamento
Systemic hypertension
Dropout
Treatment
title_short Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
title_full Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
title_fullStr Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
title_sort Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic
author Busnello, Renné Gusmão
author_facet Busnello, Renné Gusmão
Melchior, Raquel
Faccin, Carlo Sasso
Vettori, Daniela Vanessa
Petter, Juliano Gueno
Moreira, Leila Beltrami
Fuchs, Flávio Danni
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author2 Melchior, Raquel
Faccin, Carlo Sasso
Vettori, Daniela Vanessa
Petter, Juliano Gueno
Moreira, Leila Beltrami
Fuchs, Flávio Danni
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Busnello, Renné Gusmão
Melchior, Raquel
Faccin, Carlo Sasso
Vettori, Daniela Vanessa
Petter, Juliano Gueno
Moreira, Leila Beltrami
Fuchs, Flávio Danni
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Farmacologia
Hipertensão
Pacientes desistentes do tratamento
topic Farmacologia
Hipertensão
Pacientes desistentes do tratamento
Systemic hypertension
Dropout
Treatment
dc.subject.eng.fl_str_mv Systemic hypertension
Dropout
Treatment
description Objective - To determine the characteristics associated with the dropout of patients followed up in a Brazilian out patient clinic specializing in hypertension. Methods - Planned prospective cohort study of patients who were prescribed an antihypertensive treatment after an extensive initial evaluation. The following parameters were analyzed: sex, age, educational level, duration of disease, pressure level used for classifying the patient, previous treatment, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption, familial history of hypertension, and lesion in a target organ. Results – We studied 945 hypertensive patients, 533 (56%) of whom dropped out of the follow-up. The mean age was 52.3±12.9 years. The highest probabilities of dropout of the follow-up were associated with current smoking, relative risk of 1.46 (1.04-2.06); educational level equal to or below 5 years of schooling, relative risk of 1.52 (1.11-2.08); and hypertension duration below 5 years, relative risk of 1.78 (1.28- 2.48). Age increase was associated with a higher probability of follow-up with a relative risk of 0.98 (0.97-0.99). Conclusion – We identified a group at risk for dropping out the follow-up, which comprised patients with a lower educational level, a recent diagnosis of hypertension, and who were smokers. We think that measures assuring adherence to treatment should be directed to this group of patients.
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