Avaliação do conhecimento e da presença de fatores de risco cardiovascular em idosos de município do sul do Brasil / Evaluation of knowledge and presence of cardiovascular risk factors among elderly patients in a town in Southern Brazil
Richter, Cleusa Maria; Bettinelli, Luiz Antonio; Pasqualotti, Adriano; Borges, Diego Olschowky; Daltrozo, Paulo Roberto Oliveira; Klafk, Jonatas Zeni; Viecili, Paulo Ricardo Nazário.
Rev. bras. cardiol. (Impr.)
; 23(5): 277-285, set.-out. 2010. tab
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in Portuguese
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Background:
Studies indicate that cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) are known and prevalent among the elderly.Objective:
To assess knowledge and presence of cardiovascular risk factors among the elderly.Methods:
In a sample of 313 elderly people (55.6% women, 69.8 ± 6.6 years), we examined the knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors through a structured questionnaire, followed by an assessment of these riskfactors, including hypertension (HBP), anthropometric data and laboratory data.Results:
The percentages of elderly people who knew about CRF were hypertension 95.2 %, hypercholesterolemia (HCT) 95.5%, DM 97.7%, hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) 91.7%, alcohol consumption 97.4% and smoking 99.7%. The presence of cardiovascular risk factors among them was hypertension 56.9%, HCT 29.2%, DM 11.5%, HTG 16.6%, smoking 11.5%, sedentary lifestyles 63.6%, and stress 49.8%.Conclusions:
Although most elderly people were aware of RF threatening their health, many of them did not know if they were carriers of the main RF.
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