The profile of hypertensive patients related to awareness and level of hypertension

• Autor(a) principal: Pierin, Angela M.G.
• Data de Publicação: 2001
• Outros Autores: Mion Jr, Décio, Fukushima, Júlia T, Pinto, Alessandro R., Kaminaga, Marcia M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/reeusp/article/view/41188
• topic: Hipertensão pressão arterial; Perfil dos hipertensos; Hypertension blood pressure; Profile of hypertensive

We interviewed 205 hypertensives to characterize social demographic data, life style, history and awareness of hypertension. Most patients were female (72%), white (63%), over 40 years old (78%), married (60%), and had low level of education (68%). Their family income was lower than US$ 3000 a year (41%). In terms of weight, 75% were classified as overweight, 76% were non smoker, and 89% did not do any regular physical activity. The profile of the hypertensives who were unaware of the disease was: male, 20-40 years old, widow, not white, and non-obese. The profile of the hypertensives who had high level of hypertension (diastólic>; 110 mm Hg) was older than 60 years old, not married, overweight, low level of education, low income, with more than 5 years of hypertension, and previously treated.