ASPECTS SOCIOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICALS OF CARRIERS OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ; ASPECTOS SOCIOEPIDEMIOLOGICOS Y CLÍNICO ENTRE LOS PORTADORES DE HIPERTENSIÓN ARTERIAL ; Aspectos socioepidemiológicos e clínicos de portadores de hipertensão arterial

Exploratory descriptive study, aiming at identifying the profile socioepidemiologycal and clinical arterial among hypertension carriers attended at a Cardiology Ambulatory of a Public Hospital at Recife (PE). The sample from 114 adults in treatment ambulatory was studied after answering a questionnaire with open and closed questions from May to July 2004. For the data analysis process, the variable had been codified, forming the data base through software Epi Info 6.4 using the program Statical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS-11.0). For interpreting the opened questions, it was used content analysis. The results have demonstrated the age has varied from 24 to 65 years; 80,7% of the hypertensions were married; 64.9% informed have first degree and per capita income varying from R$ 37,14 to R$ 1.300.00; the time of diagnosis varying from six to 10 years; the use of drugs anti-hypertensive among one to five years; the women were the least adherent ones. When analyzing the healthy habits of life the women informed more the healthy habits than the men. Therefore 55,7% of the total of the hypertensions informed to have presented alterations in their life happened of the diagnosis of arterial hypertension. As findings it was concluded that the hypertensions characteristics are shown similar to the patients of the country and they present alterations in the result of the own disease or of the aging. Descriptors: Arterial hypertension; Adult; Risk factors ; Estudio descriptivo exploratorio, tuvo como objetivo identificar el perfil socioepidemiológicos y clínico entre portadores de hipertensión arterial, atendidos en consultorio de cardiología de un hospital público en Recife (PE). La muestra fue 114 adultos en tratamiento ambulatorio; respondieron a un cuestionario con preguntas abiertas y cerradas entre mayo a julio del 2004. Para el análisis de datos, las variables fueran codificadas, formando la base de datos a través del software Epi-Info 6.4 usando SPSS 11.0. Para interpretar las preguntas abiertas, fue usado ...