ALENCAR, G. S. A.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0761800882780199; ALENCAR, Gláucia de Souza Abreu.
Resumen:
Aging is a natural process, multifactorial featuring a stage of human life and
occurs by physical, psychological and social changes. Population aging is accelerating
worldwide due to its demographic transition. In Brazil, there is a significant increase in the
elderly population, which contributes to the development of cardiovascular diseases, the
leading cause of high mortality in this age group. Highlight the Hypertension-HBP, defined as
systolic blood pressure and / or diastolic. Objective: Investigate the occurrence of systemic
hypertension in elderly in Cajazeiras - PB. Material and Methods: A descriptive,
exploratory, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The population consisted of
10,050 elderly, according to info -SIAB Primary City Cajazeiras. The random sample
included 348 elderly in assisted by the Family-ESF City Cajazeiras- PB Health Strategy. We
apply the research subjects a structured questionnaire containing sociodemographic questions.
Was measured and recorded blood pressure - HA thereof. For the analyzes we used Statistical,
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 17.0, simple descriptive statistics (frequency /
percent ) and to study the correlation between the variables we used the Relative Risk (RR).
Results: There High prevalence of hypertension in this study (73.9 %), were predominantly
male (77.3%), higher incidence of hypertension among individuals aged ≤ 71 (75.0 %) reside
in rural areas (79 2%), living with their partner (77.4 %) and income of ≤ 1 minimum wage
(76, 1%). Conclusion: Health professionals, especially nurses, should understand the
limitations and disabling aspects faced by older people, preventing proper treatment of
hypertension and style satisfactory to disease prevention and health promotion life, creating
strategies aimed mitigate or remedy these difficulties.