A influência do conhecimento sobre a doença e a atitude frente à tomada dos remédios no controle da hipertensäo arterial / The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 81(4): 343-354, out. 2003. tab
Artigo
em Português, Inglês
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| ID: lil-349338
Biblioteca responsável:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the relation between blood pressure control and the following the Morisky-Green test, the patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure, the patient's attitude in face of medicine intake, the patient's attendance at medical consultations, and the subjective physician's judgment.METHODS:
We studied 130 hypertensive patients with the following characteristics 73 percent females, 60±11 years, 58 percent married, 70 percent white, 45 percent retired, 45 percent with incomplete elementary schooling, 64 percent had a familial income of 1 to 3 minimum wages, body mass index of 30±7 kg/m², consciousness regarding the disease for a mean period of 11±9.5 years, and mean treatment duration of 8 ±7 years.RESULTS:
Only 35 percent of the hypertensive individuals had blood pressure under control and a longer duration of treatment (10±7 vs 7±6.5 years; P<0.05). The retiree predominated. The result of the Morisky-Green test did not relate to blood pressure control. In evaluating the attitude in face of medicine intake, the controlled patients achieved significantly higher scores than did the noncontrolled patients (8±1.9 vs 7 ±2, P<0.05). The hypertensive patients had higher levels of consciousness regarding their disease and its treatment, and most (70 percent) patients attended 3 or 4 medical consultations, which did not influence blood pressure control. The physicians attributed significantly higher scores regarding adherence to treatment to controlled patients (6±0.8 vs 5±1.2; P<0.05).CONCLUSION:
Consciousness regarding the disease, the Morisky-Green test, and attendance to medical consultations did not influence blood pressure control
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.4: Reduzir as mortes prematuras devido doenças não transmissíveis
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Determinação da Pressão Arterial
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Cooperação do Paciente
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Hipertensão
Tipo de estudo:
Pesquisa qualitativa
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
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Português
Revista:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Assunto da revista:
Cardiologia
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade de Säo Paulo/BR
