Socio-demographic caracteristics and prevalence of risk factors in a hypertensive and diabetics population : a cross-sectional study in primary health care in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Baldisserotto, Julio
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Kopittke, Luciane, Nedel, Fúlvio B., Takeda, Sílvia M. Pasa, Mendonca, Claunara Schilling, Sirena, Sérgio Antônio, Diercks, Margarita Silva, Lima, Lena Azeredo de, Nicolau, Belinda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/168755
• topic: Hipertensão arterial; Diabetes mellitus; Fatores de risco; Atenção primária à saúde; Hypertension; Diabetes mellitus; Primary health care; Service evaluation; Chronic diseases; Selfassessment

Background: Systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and their related morbidity and mortality, are currently the most common public health problems and also a higher burden of disease in Brazil. They represent a real challenge for primary health care. This study describes the methodology and baseline data of an adult population with hypertension and diabetes attending in primary health care. Methods: It is a cross sectional study which presents data from a longitudinal research. 3784 adults were randomly selected from the registry of a health service in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The eligibility criteria were: confirmed diagnosis of hypertension and/or diabetes, consulted at least once in the prior 3 years and 18 years of age or older. Home data collection consisted of a questionnaire with information on demographic, medical history, life style and socio-economic factors. Results: A total of 2482 users were interviewed (response rate of 71 %). The median age was 64 (IQR = 55.7) and the majority were women (68 %), and married (52 %). Whereas 66.5 % (CI 95 % 64.5-68.3) of the sample had only hypertension, 6.5 % (CI 95 % 5.5-7.5) had diabetes and 27.1 % (CI 95 % 25.3-28.8) had both diseases. The prevalence of diseases increased with age and with fewer years of study (p < 0.05). Subjects with both diseases had significantly more associated comorbidities. Conclusions: Hypertension and diabetes are more prevalent in older individuals, especially women, and less educated people. People suffering with both chronic conditions simultaneously are more likely to have additional comorbidities.