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

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Sérgio Antonio Sirena¹  Margarita Silva Diercks¹  Claunara Schilling Mendonça¹  Luciane Kopittke¹  Silvia Pasa Takeda²  Lena Azeredo de Lima²  Belinda Nicolau³  Fulvio Borges Nedel⁴  Julio Baldisserotto⁵ 

[1] Education and Research Center in Primary Health Care, CEPAPS and Pos Graduation Programe of Health Technology Assessment of Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil;Education and Research Center in Primary Health Care, Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil;Faculty of Dentistry, Division of Oral Health and Society, McGill University, Montreal, Canadá;Health and Science Center, Public Health Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil;Grups de Recerca d’Amèrica i Àfrica Llatines, Unitat de Bioestadística, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona GRAAL/UAB, Barcelona, Spain;Social and Preventive Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2492, CEP 90035-004, Porto Alegre, Brazil;Education and Research Center in Primary Health Care, CEPAPS and Pos Graduation Programe of Health Technology Assessment of Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, Porto Alegre, Brazil;

关键词: Hypertension;    Diabetes mellitus;    Primary health care;    Service evaluation;    Chronic diseases;    Self-assessment;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-016-3230-7

 received in 2016-02-25, accepted in 2016-06-15,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSystemic 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.MethodsIt 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.ResultsA 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.ConclusionsHypertension 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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016