Situação sociodemográfica de idosos acometidos por hipertensão arterial sistêmica.

Abstract

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.