Self-perceived health and clinical characteristics in young adult students from the brazilian northeast

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira¹  Jênifa Cavalcante Dos Santos Santiago¹  Gizelton Pereira Alencar¹ 

关键词: Cardiovascular diseases;    Risk factors;    Young adult;    Students;    Health promotion;    Public health nursing;    Enfermedades cardiovasculares;    Factores de riesgo;    Adulto joven;    Estudiantes;    Promoción de la salud;    Enfermería en salud pública;    Doenças cardiovasculares;    Fatores de risco;    Adulto jovem;    Estudantes;    Promoção da saúde;    Enfermagem em saúde pública;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-6234201400005000004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective To analyze the association between socioeconomic situation, clinical characteristics referred and the family history of cardiovascular disease, with the Self-perceived health of young adults education and their implications for clinical characteristics observed. Method Analytical study conducted with 501 young adults who are students in countryside city in the Brazilian Northeast. We used binary logistic regression. Results The final model explained 83.3% of the self-perceived positive health, confirming the association of Self-perceived health with male, residence in the community, have excellent/very good lifestyle and does not have or do not know that there are cases of stroke in the family. Conclusion Health perception was often optimistic, being important to identify devices to be worked closer to their perception of their actual health condition, increasing the effectiveness of health promotion activities undertaken by professionals.

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