Hypertensive elderly people: assessing the quality of life

IF 0.1 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

ACTA SCIENTIARUM-HEALTH SCIENCES Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v41i1.44652

Larissa Cristina Rodrigues Alencar, A. Sardinha

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Abstract

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the quality of life in hypertensive elderly people assisted in the Family Health Strategy. This is a descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study, with quantitative approach. The participants were 544 hypertensive elderly patients. The instruments used for data collection were the sociodemographic form and the WHOQOL-BREF. Regarding the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the elderly participants of this study, there was prevalence of elderly women, aged 60-69 years, self-reported white, catholic religion, illiterates, coming from municipalities in the countryside of the state, married/stable union, retired, income of one minimum wage, with children, non-smokers, non-alcohol consumers. Regarding the quality of life, the highest score was obtained in the Social Relationships Domain, followed by the Psychological Domain, Physical Domain and lower score in the Environmental Domain. The results show that the elderly participants presented a good quality of life and, although they have high blood pressure levels, they seek to live as best as possible.

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高血压老年人:生活质量评估

本研究的目的是评估在家庭健康战略协助下的高血压老年人的生活质量。这是一项描述性、探索性、横断面研究，采用定量方法。研究对象为544例老年高血压患者。用于数据收集的工具是社会人口学表格和WHOQOL-BREF。关于本研究老年参与者的社会经济和人口特征，普遍存在老年妇女，年龄在60-69岁之间，自我报告为白人，天主教，文盲，来自国家农村的市政当局，已婚/稳定的工会，退休，收入最低工资，有子女，不吸烟，不饮酒。在生活质量方面，社会关系领域得分最高，其次是心理领域、身体领域，环境领域得分较低。结果显示，老年参与者表现出良好的生活质量，尽管他们有高血压，但他们尽可能地追求最好的生活。

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ACTA SCIENTIARUM-HEALTH SCIENCES PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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0.40

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0.00%

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40 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal publishes original papers in Health Sciences, such as Clinical Analyses; Physical Education, Nursing, Pharmacy; Pharmacology, Phoniatry and Audiology, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Medicine, Nutrition, Dentistry and Public Health Policies.