Results: 28

Health literacy of adults with and without arterial hypertension

ABSTRACT Objective: Assess the level of health literacy of adults, with and without hypertension, treated in three basic health units (UBS) in Picos, Piauí. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 357 adults. Data were collected using a questionnaire with sociodemographic variables, and literacy...

Booklet content validation on excess weight for adults with hypertension

ABSTRACT Objective: To validate the content and appearance of an educational booklet about excess weight for adults with hypertension. Method: Methodological study in which an educational booklet was developed from theoretical material on hypertension, chronic diseases and obesity, as well as guiding p...

Living under treatment for Systemic Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus: Feelings and behaviors

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the feelings and behaviors of people being treated for Systemic Hypertension (SH) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Method: A qualitative study based on Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism, with 27 participants in treatment for SH and DM followed up by the Family Hea...

Comportamentos em saúde e o controle da hipertensão arterial: resultados do ELSI-BRASIL

Resumo: O objetivo foi quantificar a contribuição de comportamentos em saúde selecionados para a prevalência do controle da hipertensão junto a adultos brasileiros com 50 ou mais anos de idade. Foram analisados os dados do ELSI-Brasil. Foram incluídos, no estudo, 4.318 indivíduos com 50 anos ou ma...

Functional health literacy in hypertensive elders at primary health care

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the relationship between inadequate functional health literacy and inadequate blood pressure control in older people with hypertension in Primary Health Care. Method: a cross-sectional study with sample calculated at 392. SAHLPA-18 tool was used for functional health liter...

Associação entre adesão ao tratamento anti-hipertensivo e integralidade no atendimento de enfermeiros

Objetivo: verificar a associação entre nível de adesão dos clientes ao tratamento anti-hipertensivo e a integralidade no atendimento de enfermeiros. Método: pesquisa de abordagem quantitativa, desenvolvida na cidade de Fortaleza-CE, com 602 hipertensos atendidos em um Centro de Saúde de Atenção S...

Association between follow-up in health services and antihypertensive medication adherence

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the characteristics of follow-up in health services and adherence to antihypertensive medication in patients with cardiovascular disease. Method: Analytical study carried out with 270 patients suffering from hypertension and hospitalized due to car...

The waiting room: potential for people with arterial hypertension to learn

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the meanings assigned by people with systemic arterial hypertension to health education actions in the waiting room. Method: This is an analytical qualitative study, held in 2016 with 19 people with arterial hypertension from a health unit. The data were collected in hous...

Influence of socio-demographic, clinical and surgical variables on the Aldrete-Kroulik Scoring System

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the influence of the variables sex, age, type of anesthesia, occurrence of intraoperative complications, pain and surgical complexity on the Aldrete-Kroulik Scoring System in patients in the immediate postoperative period, in the post-anesthesia care unit. Method: Non-ex...

Conflicto decisional en personas con diabetes mellitus e hipertensión arterial usuarias del nivel primario de atención de salud de Chile

Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (11), 2018
Background: Decisional conflict refers to the personal uncertainty about which course of action to take when the choice involves risk, regret, or challenge to personal life values. Aim: To determine the level of decisional conflict (DC) of people with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) or High Blood Pressure (HBP) ...