Objective: to assess the relationship between inadequate functional health literacy and inadequate blood pressure control in older people with hypertension in Primary Health Care. Method: a cross-sectional study with sample calculated at 392. SAHLPA-18 tool was used for functional health literacy; blood pressure was measured; sociodemographic and clinical data were collected. Hierarchical logistic regression was used. Results: (high) inadequate blood pressure and (low) functional inadequate health literacy were present in 41.6% and 54.6% of the people, respectively. Factors associated with inadequate blood pressure were: inadequate functional health literacy, black-brown skin color, overweight-obesity, hypertension diagnosis time, non-adherence to exercise/diet, drug treatment. Schooling had no association with inadequate blood pressure Conclusion: hypertensive elderly people with inadequate health literacy were more likely to have inadequate blood pressure. Thus, health professionals need to value functional health literacy as a possible component to control blood pressure.
RESUMO Objetivou-se analisar o perfil social e clínico das Crianças com Necessidades Especiais de Saúde internadas nas enfermarias pediátricas de um hospital materno-infantil do Distrito Federal. Trata-se de pesquisa quantitativa de corte transversal, realizada com 120 crianças e seus familiares/cuidadores principais. Utilizou-se questionário estruturado com 26 itens, que, posteriormente, passou pela análise descritiva e inferencial dos dados. Os resultados apontam a mãe como principal familiar/cuidador (92,5%), com nível médio de escolaridade (58,3%). As crianças eram, majoritariamente, do sexo masculino (63%), com malformações congênitas, deformidades e anomalias cromossômicas (29,1%). Houve correlação positiva entre escolaridade do familiar/cuidador e necessidade de internação na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (p-valor<0,01) e o número de internações nos últimos 12 meses com as demandas de cuidados tecnológicas (p-valor<0,01). Assim, identificaram-se também a vulnerabilidade social das famílias e a necessidade de estratégias de educação em saúde voltadas para as demandas tecnológicas de cuidado.
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